diff --git a/tools/zip-sources-all.sh b/tools/zip-sources-all.sh
index c1bb362ef..de4eae6ee 100755
--- a/tools/zip-sources-all.sh
+++ b/tools/zip-sources-all.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function zip_sources() {
       exit 1
     fi
 
-    #Remove unnecessary dirs
+    #Remove unnecessary content
     pushd $REPO_DIRECTORY
     CURRENT_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)
     echo "Current directory is ${CURRENT_DIRECTORY}"
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ function zip_sources() {
         echo ".git directory found, deleting..."
         rm -rf ".git"
     fi
+    echo "remove legal files"
+    rm -f "LICENSE" "NOTICE" "DISCLAIMER" "DISCLAIMER-WIP" "LICENSE-Apache-2.0.txt" "LICENSE.txt"
     echo "After .git removal"
     ls -lha
     popd
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@ function zip_sources() {
   done <<< $SOURCES_REPOSITORIES
 
   #Add LICENSE, NOTICE and DISCLAIMER files to the root folder of the zip file
-  echo "Adding LICENSE, NOTICE and DISCLAIMER files to the zip file"
-  cp ./tools/zip-sources-files/{LICENSE,NOTICE,DISCLAIMER} ${SOURCES_DIRECTORY_NAME}
+  echo "Adding LICENSE, NOTICE, DISCLAIMER-WIP, BUILD and build.sh files to the zip file"
+  cp ./tools/zip-sources-files/{LICENSE,NOTICE,DISCLAIMER-WIP,BUILD,build.sh} ${SOURCES_DIRECTORY_NAME}
 
   #Creating ZIP
   pushd ${SOURCES_DIRECTORY_NAME}
diff --git a/tools/zip-sources-files/build.sh b/tools/zip-sources-files/build.sh
index d59dcdad0..8b21295d4 100755
--- a/tools/zip-sources-files/build.sh
+++ b/tools/zip-sources-files/build.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 # Check required tools
 check_requirements() {
     local requirements=(
-        "java:17.0.11"
+        "java:17.0.12"
         "mvn:3.9.6"
         "docker:25"
         "python3:3.12"
-        "make:4.3"
+        "make:4.4"
         "node:20"
         "pnpm:9.3.0"
-        "go:1.21.9"
+        "go:1.23.6"
         "helm:3.15.2"
     )
 
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ check_requirements() {
             exit 1
         fi
     done
-
-    # Check Python packages
-    pip3 install cekit==4.11.0 docker==7.0.0 docker-squash==1.2.0 ruamel.yaml==0.18.5
 }
 
 # Set Docker host based on container runtime
@@ -62,24 +59,6 @@ build_components() {
     mvn clean install -DskipTests -Dfull -Donly.reproducible=true -Pjitexecutor-native
     cd ..
 
-    # Build Kogito Images
-    cd incubator-kie-kogito-images || exit 1
-    cekit --descriptor kogito-base-builder-image.yaml build docker --platform linux/amd64
-    
-    local images=(
-        "kogito-data-index-ephemeral"
-        "kogito-data-index-postgresql"
-        "kogito-jit-runner"
-        "kogito-jobs-service-allinone"
-        "kogito-jobs-service-ephemeral"
-        "kogito-jobs-service-postgresql"
-    )
-
-    for image in "${images[@]}"; do
-        make build-image KOGITO_APPS_TARGET_BRANCH=main ignore_test=true image_name="$image"
-    done
-    cd ..
-
     # Build KIE Tools
     cd incubator-kie-tools || exit 1
     git init .