diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yaml
index d47ffd0..3459a14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-image.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      jobbergate_version:
-        description: The Jobbergate agent version
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: 4.3.1
 
 jobs:
   build-image-in-lxd:
@@ -26,8 +20,6 @@ jobs:
           poetry install
 
       - name: Build democluster
-        env:
-          JG_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.jobbergate_version }}
         run: |
           poetry run image-factory build democluster
 
diff --git a/democluster/Makefile b/democluster/Makefile
index 85b473a..35acd7d 100644
--- a/democluster/Makefile
+++ b/democluster/Makefile
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ check-deps: ## Check deps needed to build the image
 
 .PHONY: init
 init: ## Run packer init .
-	@if [ ! -z "$JG_VERSION" ]; then\
-		sed -i "s/jobbergate-agent==[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+/jobbergate-agent==${JG_VERSION}/" user-data;\
-    fi
 	${PACKER} init .
 
 .PHONY: stage0
diff --git a/democluster/user-data b/democluster/user-data
index c19a0ef..6d2fb44 100644
--- a/democluster/user-data
+++ b/democluster/user-data
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ runcmd:
   # create jobbergate agent venv
   - /usr/bin/python3 -m venv /srv/jobbergate-agent-venv
   - /srv/jobbergate-agent-venv/bin/pip install -U pip
-  - /srv/jobbergate-agent-venv/bin/pip install jobbergate-agent==
+  - /srv/jobbergate-agent-venv/bin/pip install jobbergate-agent
   - |
     cat <<EOF > /srv/jobbergate-agent-venv/.env
     JOBBERGATE_AGENT_X_SLURM_USER_NAME=root
diff --git a/image_factory/builder.py b/image_factory/builder.py
index b10ed28..061a73d 100644
--- a/image_factory/builder.py
+++ b/image_factory/builder.py
@@ -101,16 +101,12 @@ def democluster(
             typer.Exit(124)
 
     print("Kicking off packer build in LXD container.")
-    kwargs = dict(
+    lxc.exec(
         command=["make", stage.value],
         cwd="/srv/image-factory/democluster",
         instance_name=instance_name,
         project=ctx.obj.project_name,
     )
-    if jg_version := os.getenv("JG_VERSION"):
-        print(f"Passing along env var JG_VERSION={jg_version}")
-        kwargs["env"] = dict(JG_VERSION=jg_version)
-    lxc.exec(**kwargs)
 
     print("[bold green]Build complete, destroying LXD container.[/bold green]")
     lxc.delete(instance_name=instance_name, project=ctx.obj.project_name, force=True)