diff --git a/.make.versions b/.make.versions
index e153de375..4cde94aa9 100644
--- a/.make.versions
+++ b/.make.versions
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ DPK_LIB_KFP_VERSION=$(DPK_VERSION)
 DPK_LIB_KFP_VERSION_v2=$(DPK_VERSION)
 DPK_LIB_KFP_SHARED=$(DPK_VERSION)
 
-KFP_DOCKER_VERSION=$(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION)
-KFP_DOCKER_VERSION_v2=$(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION)
-
 DPK_CONNECTOR_VERSION=0.2.4.dev0
 
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diff --git a/kfp/RELEASE.md b/kfp/RELEASE.md
index eb43cb200..6395c2627 100644
--- a/kfp/RELEASE.md
+++ b/kfp/RELEASE.md
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ The KFP package build uses the following variables from the file:
 - DPK_LIB_KFP_VERSION - the version of `kfp_v1_workflow_support`
 - DPK_LIB_KFP_VERSION_v2 - the version of `kfp_v2_workflow_support`
 - DPK_LIB_KFP_SHARED - the version of `kfp_shared_workflow_support`
-- KFP_DOCKER_VERSION - the docker image version of KFP components for KFPv1
-- KFP_DOCKER_VERSION_v2 - the docker image version of KFP components for KFPv2
 
 **Note:** The docker images are dependent on the libraries but use the python source code from the repository, so inorder 
 to build docker images, the python modules (libraries) do not have to be deployed. 
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/Makefile b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/Makefile
index cac6047ce..7edf88df9 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_ray_components/Makefile
+++ b/kfp/kfp_ray_components/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ image: Dockerfile requirements.txt
 
 .PHONE: set-versions
 set-versions:
-	@# Help: Update yaml files to build images tagged as version $(KFP_DOCKER_VERSION).
+	@# Help: Update yaml files to build images tagged as version $(DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION).
 	@$(MAKE) .reconcile-requirements FILE=createRayClusterComponent.yaml
 	@$(MAKE) .reconcile-requirements FILE=deleteRayClusterComponent.yaml
 	@$(MAKE) .reconcile-requirements FILE=executeRayJobComponent.yaml
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ docker-save-image:
 .PHONY: publish
 publish:
 	echo "Publishing kfp-data-processing"
-	$(MAKE) KFPv2=0 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME="kfp-data-processing" DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION=${KFP_DOCKER_VERSION} .defaults.publish-image
+	$(MAKE) KFPv2=0 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME="kfp-data-processing" .defaults.publish-image
 	echo "Publishing kfp-data-processing_v2"
-	$(MAKE) KFPv2=1 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME="kfp-data-processing_v2" DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION=${KFP_DOCKER_VERSION_v2} .defaults.publish-image
+	$(MAKE) KFPv2=1 DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME="kfp-data-processing_v2" .defaults.publish-image
 
 test::