diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0c820f6..d39d38c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -43,19 +43,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Export makefile variables
         run: make env >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Create debian package control file
-        run: make control
-
-      - name: Create version file
-        run: make package.json
-
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
       - name: Buildx setup
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
-      - name: Build [${{ env.TOOLS_DEB }}]
+      - name: Build [${{ env.TOOLS_TARGZ }}]
         id: docker_build
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
@@ -65,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           push: false
           load: true
           build-args: |
-            TOOLS_DEB=${{ env.TOOLS_DEB }}
+            TOOLS_TARGZ=${{ env.TOOLS_TARGZ }}
             IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION=${{ env.IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION }}
             LINUX_VERSION=${{ env.LINUX_VERSION }}
             LINUX_HEADERS_URLPATH=${{ env.LINUX_HEADERS_URLPATH }}
@@ -96,13 +90,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           if-no-files-found: error
           path: |
-            ${{ env.TOOLS_DEB }}
+            ${{ env.TOOLS_TARGZ }}
             ${{ env.TOOLS_ROOTFS }}
 
       - name: Checksum artifacts
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         run: |
-          sha512sum ${{ env.TOOLS_DEB }} > ${{ env.TOOLS_DEB }}.sha512
+          sha512sum ${{ env.TOOLS_TARGZ }} > ${{ env.TOOLS_TARGZ }}.sha512
           sha512sum ${{ env.TOOLS_ROOTFS }} > ${{ env.TOOLS_ROOTFS }}.sha512
 
       - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a4dcea..8f71610 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 *.ext2
-control
 machine-emulator-tools-*.tar.gz
-machine-emulator-tools-*.deb
 rootfs.*
 package.json
 *.bin
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f635245..de6a381 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -115,23 +115,15 @@ RUN cd ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/rollup-http/echo-dapp && touch src/* && \
 # pack tools (deb)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FROM tools-env AS packer
-ARG TOOLS_DEB=machine-emulator-tools.deb
+ARG TOOLS_TARGZ=machine-emulator-tools.tar.gz
 ARG STAGING_BASE=${BUILD_BASE}/_install
-ARG STAGING_DEBIAN=${STAGING_BASE}/DEBIAN
-ARG STAGING_BIN=${STAGING_BASE}/usr/bin
-ARG STAGING_SHARE=${STAGING_BASE}/usr/share/machine-emulator-tools
 
-RUN mkdir -p ${STAGING_DEBIAN} ${STAGING_SBIN} ${STAGING_BIN} ${STAGING_BASE}/etc && \
+RUN mkdir -p ${STAGING_BASE}/usr/bin ${STAGING_BASE}/usr/bin ${STAGING_BASE}/etc && \
     echo "cartesi-machine" > ${staging_base}/etc/hostname
 
-COPY control ${STAGING_DEBIAN}/control
-COPY package.json ${STAGING_SHARE}/package.json
-COPY postinst ${STAGING_DEBIAN}/postinst
-COPY copyright ${STAGING_BASE}/usr/share/doc/machine-emulator-tools/copyright
-
 COPY --from=c-builder ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/sys-utils_staging ${STAGING_BASE}
-COPY --from=rust-builder ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/rollup-http/rollup-init/rollup-init ${STAGING_BIN}
-COPY --from=http-server-builder ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/rollup-http/rollup-http-server/target/riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu/release/rollup-http-server ${STAGING_BIN}
-COPY --from=echo-dapp-builder ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/rollup-http/echo-dapp/target/riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu/release/echo-dapp ${STAGING_BIN}
+COPY --from=rust-builder ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/rollup-http/rollup-init/rollup-init ${STAGING_BASE}/usr/bin
+COPY --from=http-server-builder ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/rollup-http/rollup-http-server/target/riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu/release/rollup-http-server ${STAGING_BASE}/usr/bin
+COPY --from=echo-dapp-builder ${BUILD_BASE}/tools/rollup-http/echo-dapp/target/riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu/release/echo-dapp ${STAGING_BASE}/usr/bin
 
-RUN dpkg-deb -Zxz --root-owner-group --build ${STAGING_BASE} ${BUILD_BASE}/${TOOLS_DEB}
+RUN cd ${STAGING_BASE} && tar -czf ${BUILD_BASE}/${TOOLS_TARGZ} *
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc6c496..408cdd0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PATCH := 2
 LABEL := -test2
 VERSION := $(MAJOR).$(MINOR).$(PATCH)$(LABEL)
 
-TOOLS_DEB    := machine-emulator-tools-v$(VERSION).deb
+TOOLS_TARGZ  := machine-emulator-tools-v$(VERSION).tar.gz
 TOOLS_IMAGE  := cartesi/machine-emulator-tools:$(VERSION)
 TOOLS_ROOTFS := rootfs-tools-v$(VERSION).ext2
 TOOLS_ROOTFS_IMAGE := cartesi/rootfs-tools:$(VERSION)
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ LINUX_HEADERS_URLPATH := https://github.com/cartesi/image-kernel/releases/downlo
 
 all: fs
 
-build: control package.json
+build:
 	@docker buildx build --load \
-		--build-arg TOOLS_DEB=$(TOOLS_DEB) \
+		--build-arg TOOLS_TARGZ=$(TOOLS_TARGZ) \
 		--build-arg IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION=$(IMAGE_KERNEL_VERSION) \
 		--build-arg LINUX_VERSION=$(LINUX_VERSION) \
 		--build-arg LINUX_HEADERS_URLPATH=$(LINUX_HEADERS_URLPATH) \
@@ -44,21 +44,16 @@ build: control package.json
 
 copy:
 	@ID=`docker create $(TOOLS_IMAGE)` && \
-	   docker cp $$ID:/opt/cartesi/$(TOOLS_DEB) . && \
+	   docker cp $$ID:/opt/cartesi/$(TOOLS_TARGZ) . && \
 	   docker rm $$ID
 
-$(TOOLS_DEB) deb: build
-
-control: Makefile control.in
-	@sed 's|ARG_VERSION|$(VERSION)|g' control.in > control
-package.json: Makefile package.json.in
-	@sed 's|ARG_VERSION|$(VERSION)|g' package.json.in > package.json
+$(TOOLS_TARGZ) targz: build
 
 fs: $(TOOLS_ROOTFS)
 
-$(TOOLS_ROOTFS): $(TOOLS_DEB)
+$(TOOLS_ROOTFS): $(TOOLS_TARGZ)
 	@docker buildx build --platform linux/riscv64 \
-	  --build-arg TOOLS_DEB=$(TOOLS_DEB) \
+	  --build-arg TOOLS_TARGZ=$(TOOLS_TARGZ) \
 	  --output type=tar,dest=rootfs.tar \
 	  --file fs/Dockerfile \
 	  . && \
@@ -67,7 +62,7 @@ $(TOOLS_ROOTFS): $(TOOLS_DEB)
 
 fs-license:
 	@docker buildx build --load --platform linux/riscv64 \
-	  --build-arg TOOLS_DEB=$(TOOLS_DEB) \
+	  --build-arg TOOLS_TARGZ=$(TOOLS_TARGZ) \
 	  -t $(TOOLS_ROOTFS_IMAGE) \
 	  --file fs/Dockerfile \
 	  .
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ fs-license:
 
 env:
 	@echo VERSION=$(VERSION)
-	@echo TOOLS_DEB=$(TOOLS_DEB)
+	@echo TOOLS_TARGZ=$(TOOLS_TARGZ)
 	@echo TOOLS_ROOTFS=$(TOOLS_ROOTFS)
 	@echo TOOLS_IMAGE=$(TOOLS_IMAGE)
 	@echo TOOLS_ROOTFS_IMAGE=$(TOOLS_ROOTFS_IMAGE)
@@ -125,7 +120,7 @@ clean-image:
 	@(docker rmi $(TOOLS_IMAGE) > /dev/null 2>&1 || true)
 
 clean:
-	@rm -f $(TOOLS_DEB) control rootfs*
+	@rm -f $(TOOLS_TARGZ) rootfs*
 	@$(MAKE) -C sys-utils clean
 
 distclean: clean clean-image
@@ -135,7 +130,7 @@ sys-utils:
 
 help:
 	@echo 'available commands:'
-	@echo '  deb             - build machine-emulator-tools .deb package'
+	@echo '  targz           - build machine-emulator-tools .tar.gz'
 	@echo '  fs              - build rootfs.ext2'
 	@echo '  fs-license      - build rootfs.ext2.html with licence information'
 	@echo '  setup           - setup riscv64 buildx'
@@ -144,4 +139,4 @@ help:
 	@echo '  env             - print useful Makefile variables as a KEY=VALUE list'
 	@echo '  clean           - remove the generated artifacts'
 
-.PHONY: build fs fs-license deb env setup setup-required help distclean
+.PHONY: build fs fs-license targz env setup setup-required help distclean
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e28e02..f32efee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $ make setup
 
 ### Building
 
-Invoking make will build all tools and create the `machine-emulator-tools-$VERSION.deb` Debian package along with the `rootfs-tools-$VERSION.ext2` root filesystem artifacts.
+Invoking make will build all tools and create the `machine-emulator-tools-$VERSION.tar.gz` archive along with the `rootfs-tools-$VERSION.ext2` root filesystem artifacts.
 
 ```bash
 $ make
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $ make
 The following commands are available as `make` targets:
 
 - **all**: Build Debian package and rootfs (Default)
-- **deb**: Build machine-emulator-tools.deb package
+- **targz**: Build machine-emulator-tools.tar.gz
 - **fs**: Build rootfs.ext2
 - **setup**: Setup riscv64 buildx
 - **setup-required**: Check if riscv64 buildx setup is required
diff --git a/control.in b/control.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 204d900..0000000
--- a/control.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Package: machine-emulator-tools
-Version: ARG_VERSION
-Section: utils
-Priority: optional
-Architecture: riscv64
-Maintainer: Machine Reference Unit <https://discord.com/channels/600597137524391947/1107965671976992878>
-Provides: machine-emulator-tools
-Depends: busybox-static
-Multi-Arch: foreign
-Description: The Cartesi Machine Emulator Tools a repository that contains a set of tools developed for the RISC-V Linux OS.
diff --git a/copyright b/copyright
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e887f5..0000000
--- a/copyright
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-Upstream-Name: machine-emulator-tools
-Source: https://github.com/cartesi/machine-emulator-tools
-
-Files: *
-Copyright: 2024 Individual contributors
-License: Apache-2.0
-
-License: Apache-2.0
- 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.
- .
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache version 2.0 license
- can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0".
diff --git a/fs/Dockerfile b/fs/Dockerfile
index f6c5f63..e660b57 100644
--- a/fs/Dockerfile
+++ b/fs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Final image
 FROM --platform=linux/riscv64 ubuntu:24.04
-ARG TOOLS_DEB=machine-emulator-tools-v0.16.2.deb
-ADD ${TOOLS_DEB} /tmp/
+ARG TOOLS_TARGZ=machine-emulator-tools.tar.gz
+ADD ${TOOLS_TARGZ} /
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get upgrade -y --no-install-recommends && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         file \
         stress-ng \
         libatomic1 \
-    	/tmp/${TOOLS_DEB} \
     && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/${TOOLS_DEB}
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*