diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0f160ff4..7ed2d7890 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 SHELL := /usr/bin/env bash
 
-KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(shell npm query .workspace | jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "@kumahq/config") | .path')
+NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT := $(shell npm prefix)
+KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/$(shell cat $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/package-lock.json | jq -r '.packages | to_entries[] | select(.value.name == "@kumahq/config") | .key')
 MK := $(KUMAHQ_CONFIG)/src/mk
 
 ## make help: if you're aren't sure use `make help`
diff --git a/packages/config/Makefile b/packages/config/Makefile
index 6fe0a4f68..2f898f72c 100644
--- a/packages/config/Makefile
+++ b/packages/config/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 SHELL := /usr/bin/env bash
 
-KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(shell npm query .workspace | jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "@kumahq/config") | .path')
+NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT := $(shell npm prefix)
+KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/$(shell cat $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/package-lock.json | jq -r '.packages | to_entries[] | select(.value.name == "@kumahq/config") | .key')
 MK := $(KUMAHQ_CONFIG)/src/mk
 
 ## make help: if you're aren't sure use `make help`
diff --git a/packages/config/scripts/ci.cjs b/packages/config/scripts/ci.cjs
index fa21fc404..1914ac452 100644
--- a/packages/config/scripts/ci.cjs
+++ b/packages/config/scripts/ci.cjs
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
 const { sync: globSync } = require('glob')
-const { readFileSync: read } = require('fs')
 
-const depsToDevDeps = (path) => {
-  const pkg = JSON.parse(read(path, 'utf-8'))
-  return JSON.stringify({
-    ...pkg,
-    dependencies: {},
-    peerDependencies: {},
-    devDependencies: {
-      ...pkg.dependencies,
-      ...pkg.devDependencies,
-    },
-  })
-}
 /**
  * @param {number} length
  * @param {string} prefix
@@ -46,5 +33,4 @@ function shuffleArray(array) {
 
 module.exports = {
   getPartitionedTestFiles,
-  depsToDevDeps,
 }
diff --git a/packages/config/scripts/prune.cjs b/packages/config/scripts/prune.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc55cab39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/config/scripts/prune.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const { readFileSync: read } = require('fs')
+module.exports = {
+  depsToDevDeps: (path) => {
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(read(path, 'utf-8'))
+    return JSON.stringify({
+      ...pkg,
+      dependencies: {},
+      peerDependencies: {},
+      devDependencies: {
+        ...pkg.dependencies,
+        ...pkg.devDependencies,
+      },
+    })
+  },
+}
diff --git a/packages/config/src/index.cjs b/packages/config/src/index.cjs
index 462c79038..a4658e7ff 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/index.cjs
+++ b/packages/config/src/index.cjs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 const { createEslintConfig } = require('./eslint.cjs')
 const { createStylelintConfig } = require('./stylelint.cjs')
-const ci = require('../scripts/ci.cjs')
 
 module.exports = {
   eslint: createEslintConfig,
   stylelint: createStylelintConfig,
-  ci,
 }
diff --git a/packages/config/src/mk/help.mk b/packages/config/src/mk/help.mk
index b33f3959e..88a47f14d 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/mk/help.mk
+++ b/packages/config/src/mk/help.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT := $(shell npm prefix)
 NODE_VERSION := v$(shell cat $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/.nvmrc)
-KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(shell npm query .workspace | jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "@kumahq/config") | .path')
+KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/$(shell cat $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/package-lock.json | jq -r '.packages | to_entries[] | select(.value.name == "@kumahq/config") | .key')
 
 .PHONY: .help
 .help: ## Display this help screen
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(shell npm query .workspace | jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "@k
 .PHONY: confirm
 confirm:
 	@if [[ -z "$(CI)" ]]; then \
-		CONFIRM="" ; \
+		REPLY="" ; \
 		read -p "=== Please confirm [y/n]: " -r ; \
-		if [[ ! $$CONFIRM =~ ^[Yy]$$ ]]; then \
-			echo "Aborting" ; \
+		if [[ ! $$REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$$ ]]; then \
+			echo $$REPLY ; \
 			exit 1 ; \
 		else \
 			exit 0; \
diff --git a/packages/config/src/mk/release.mk b/packages/config/src/mk/release.mk
index c65f8df66..013177469 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/mk/release.mk
+++ b/packages/config/src/mk/release.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		echo "Error: EXCLUDE_PATH does not exist or is not a directory: $(EXCLUDE_PATH)"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
-	@echo '$(shell node -e "console.log(require('@kumahq/config').ci.depsToDevDeps('$(EXCLUDE_PATH)/package.json'))")' \
+	@echo '$(shell cd $(KUMAHQ_CONFIG) && node -e "console.log(require('./scripts/prune.cjs').depsToDevDeps('$(EXCLUDE_PATH)/package.json'))")' \
 		> $(EXCLUDE_PATH)/package.json
 
 .PHONY: .release/prune
diff --git a/packages/kuma-gui/Makefile b/packages/kuma-gui/Makefile
index 0eea12823..f0d71783f 100644
--- a/packages/kuma-gui/Makefile
+++ b/packages/kuma-gui/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 SHELL := /usr/bin/env bash
 
-KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(shell npm query .workspace | jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "@kumahq/config") | .path')
+NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT := $(shell npm prefix)
+KUMAHQ_CONFIG := $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/$(shell cat $(NPM_WORKSPACE_ROOT)/package-lock.json | jq -r '.packages | to_entries[] | select(.value.name == "@kumahq/config") | .key')
 MK := $(KUMAHQ_CONFIG)/src/mk
 
 ## make help: if you're aren't sure use `make help`