diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
index 1469089d52..b48f03d35b 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import program from 'commander';
-import { version } from './lib/version';
+import { version } from '../package.json';
 import path from 'path';
 import HTTPServer from './lib/httpServer';
 import openBrowser from 'react-dev-utils/openBrowser';
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/lib/paths.ts b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/lib/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index be3f3dcee8..0000000000
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/lib/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { dirname, resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
-
-export type ResolveFunc = (...paths: string[]) => string;
-
-// Common paths and resolve functions used by the cli.
-// Currently assumes it is being executed within a monorepo.
-export type Paths = {
-  // Root dir of the cli itself, containing package.json
-  ownDir: string;
-
-  // Monorepo root dir of the cli itself. Only accessible when running inside Backstage repo.
-  ownRoot: string;
-
-  // The location of the app that the cli is being executed in
-  targetDir: string;
-
-  // The monorepo root package of the app that the cli is being executed in.
-  targetRoot: string;
-
-  // Resolve a path relative to own repo
-  resolveOwn: ResolveFunc;
-
-  // Resolve a path relative to own monorepo root. Only accessible when running inside Backstage repo.
-  resolveOwnRoot: ResolveFunc;
-
-  // Resolve a path relative to the app
-  resolveTarget: ResolveFunc;
-
-  // Resolve a path relative to the app repo root
-  resolveTargetRoot: ResolveFunc;
-};
-
-// Looks for a package.json that has name: "root" to identify the root of the monorepo
-export function findRootPath(topPath: string): string {
-  let path = topPath;
-
-  // Some sanity check to avoid infinite loop
-  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
-    const packagePath = resolvePath(path, 'package.json');
-    const exists = fs.pathExistsSync(packagePath);
-    if (exists) {
-      try {
-        const data = fs.readJsonSync(packagePath);
-        if (data.name === 'root' || data.name.includes('backstage-e2e')) {
-          return path;
-        }
-      } catch (error) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Failed to parse package.json file while searching for root, ${error}`,
-        );
-      }
-    }
-
-    const newPath = dirname(path);
-    if (newPath === path) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `No package.json with name "root" found as a parent of ${topPath}`,
-      );
-    }
-    path = newPath;
-  }
-
-  throw new Error(
-    `Iteration limit reached when searching for root package.json at ${topPath}`,
-  );
-}
-
-// Finds the root of the cli package itself
-export function findOwnDir() {
-  // Known relative locations of package in dist/dev
-  const pathDist = '..';
-  const pathDev = '../..';
-
-  // Check the closest dir first
-  const pkgInDist = resolvePath(__dirname, pathDist, 'package.json');
-  const isDist = fs.pathExistsSync(pkgInDist);
-
-  const path = isDist ? pathDist : pathDev;
-  return resolvePath(__dirname, path);
-}
-
-// Finds the root of the monorepo that the cli exists in. Only accessible when running inside Backstage repo.
-export function findOwnRootPath(ownDir: string) {
-  const isLocal = fs.pathExistsSync(resolvePath(ownDir, 'src'));
-  if (!isLocal) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'Tried to access monorepo package root dir outside of Backstage repository',
-    );
-  }
-
-  return resolvePath(ownDir, '../..');
-}
-
-export function findPaths(): Paths {
-  const ownDir = findOwnDir();
-  const targetDir = fs.realpathSync(process.cwd());
-
-  // Lazy load this as it will throw an error if we're not inside the Backstage repo.
-  let ownRoot = '';
-  const getOwnRoot = () => {
-    if (!ownRoot) {
-      ownRoot = findOwnRootPath(ownDir);
-    }
-    return ownRoot;
-  };
-
-  // We're not always running in a monorepo, so we lazy init this to only crash commands
-  // that require a monorepo when we're not in one.
-  let targetRoot = '';
-  const getTargetRoot = () => {
-    if (!targetRoot) {
-      targetRoot = findRootPath(targetDir);
-    }
-    return targetRoot;
-  };
-
-  return {
-    ownDir,
-    get ownRoot() {
-      return getOwnRoot();
-    },
-    targetDir,
-    get targetRoot() {
-      return getTargetRoot();
-    },
-    resolveOwn: (...paths) => resolvePath(ownDir, ...paths),
-    resolveOwnRoot: (...paths) => resolvePath(getOwnRoot(), ...paths),
-    resolveTarget: (...paths) => resolvePath(targetDir, ...paths),
-    resolveTargetRoot: (...paths) => resolvePath(getTargetRoot(), ...paths),
-  };
-}
-
-export const paths = findPaths();
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/lib/version.ts b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/lib/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 24734b87cc..0000000000
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/lib/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { paths } from './paths';
-
-export function findVersion() {
-  const pkgContent = fs.readFileSync(paths.resolveOwn('package.json'), 'utf8');
-  return JSON.parse(pkgContent).version;
-}
-
-export const version = findVersion();
-export const isDev = fs.pathExistsSync(paths.resolveOwn('src'));