diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index dde08b3..0d98bbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
-          config-file: release-please-config.json
-          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+          release-type: simple
+          extra-files: version.txt
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f6a9e15..0000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  ".": "1.2.2"
-}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cd7ad96..0000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "packages": {
-    ".": {
-      "release-type": "simple",
-      "extra-files": [
-        "version.txt"
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-}