diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6c505f590a852e710b630682ef658e453e2244a5..6a2e0305f33a780bedbe30d8c9aee4dfb132b718 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ image: shiplogic/ci-wp-plugin:node18
 
 variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
-  MAX_TAGS_TO_KEEP: 5  # Number of most recent tag versions to keep
+  MAX_TAGS_TO_KEEP: 5
 
 stages:
   - deploy
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ stages:
 
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "dev" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"'
-      when: always
   before_script:
     - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID_KEY=$(echo "${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
     - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(eval echo -e "\$$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID_KEY")
@@ -23,53 +20,29 @@ deploy:
   script:
     - ./make-zip.sh
     - aws s3 cp bobgo-magento-plugin.zip s3://bobgo-s3-magento-plugin-dev/ --region=af-south-1
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "dev" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"'
+      when: always
 
 tag_deploy:
   stage: tag_deploy
-  image: shiplogic/ci-wp-plugin:node18
   before_script:
-    # Export AWS credentials for prod branch (since tags are created from prod)
     - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID_KEY="prod_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
     - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_KEY="prod_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
     - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(eval echo -e "\$$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID_KEY")
     - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$(eval echo -e "\$$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_KEY")
     - export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
     - export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-    
-    # Check if variables are set (without exposing values)
-    - if [ -z "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]; then echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID is empty"; else echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID is set"; fi
-    - if [ -z "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]; then echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY is empty"; else echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY is set"; fi
-    
-    # Verify tag was created from prod branch
     - git fetch origin prod
     - COMMIT_BRANCH=$(git branch -r --contains $CI_COMMIT_SHA | grep "origin/prod" || echo "")
     - if [ -z "$COMMIT_BRANCH" ]; then echo "Tag was not created from prod branch. Skipping deployment."; exit 1; fi
   script:
-    # Download the tagged version archive
     - TAG_ARCHIVE_URL="https://gitlab.bob.co.za/bob-public-utils/bobgo-magento-extension/-/archive/${CI_COMMIT_TAG}/bobgo-magento-extension-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip"
     - curl -o "bobgo-magento-extension-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip" "$TAG_ARCHIVE_URL"
-  
-    # Upload to S3 bucket both as versioned and as "latest"
     - aws s3 cp "bobgo-magento-extension-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip" "s3://bobgo-s3-magento-plugin-prod/tags/bobgo-magento-extension-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip" --region=af-south-1 --acl public-read
     - aws s3 cp "bobgo-magento-extension-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip" "s3://bobgo-s3-magento-plugin-prod/latest/latest.zip" --region=af-south-1 --acl public-read
-  
-    # Cleanup old tag versions - keep only the most recent MAX_TAGS_TO_KEEP
-    - echo "Cleaning up old tag versions, keeping only the most recent $MAX_TAGS_TO_KEEP..."
-    - aws s3 ls s3://bobgo-s3-magento-plugin-prod/tags/ --region=af-south-1 > tag_list.txt
-    - grep "bobgo-magento-extension-" tag_list.txt > filtered_tags.txt
-    - sort -r filtered_tags.txt > sorted_tags.txt
-    - tail -n +$((MAX_TAGS_TO_KEEP + 1)) sorted_tags.txt > tags_to_delete.txt
-    - cat tags_to_delete.txt | awk '{print $4}' > keys_to_delete.txt
-    - |
-      while read KEY; do 
-      echo "Deleting old tag version: $KEY"
-      aws s3 rm "s3://bobgo-s3-magento-plugin-prod/tags/$KEY" --region=af-south-1
-      done < keys_to_delete.txt
-  
-    # Output the URLs
     - echo "Tagged version URL: https://bobgo-s3-magento-plugin-prod.s3.af-south-1.amazonaws.com/tags/bobgo-magento-extension-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.zip"
     - echo "Latest version URL: https://bobgo-s3-magento-plugin-prod.s3.af-south-1.amazonaws.com/latest/latest.zip"
-    - echo "Retained the latest $MAX_TAGS_TO_KEEP tag versions in S3 bucket."
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
       when: always
\ No newline at end of file