diff --git a/.github/actions/docker-build-and-push/action.yml b/.github/actions/docker-build-and-push/action.yml
index fb8bf0c8c..d1ce56b72 100644
--- a/.github/actions/docker-build-and-push/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/docker-build-and-push/action.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ inputs:
   github-token:
     required: true
     description: GitHub token for login
-  kv-cache-manager-token:
-    required: true
-    description: KV Cache Manager llm-d repo token
   registry:
     required: true
     description: Container registry (e.g., ghcr.io/llm-d)
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ runs:
       run: |
         docker buildx build \
           --platform linux/amd64 \
-          --build-arg KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN=${{ inputs.kv-cache-manager-token }} \
           -t ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.image-name }}:${{ inputs.tag }} \
           --push .
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yaml
index 4550d6e95..b36a92739 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-checks.yaml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "${{ env.GO_VERSION }}"
           cache-dependency-path: ./go.sum
 
-      - name: Configure Git to use token for private modules
-        run: |
-            git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN }}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
-            go env -w GOPRIVATE=github.com/llm-d/*
-
       - name: go mod tidy
         run: go mod tidy
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-push.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index be3a09456..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-push.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: CI - Push
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - dev
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  docker-build-and-push:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Load version information
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          repo="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}"
-          VERSION_FILE=".version.json"
-          dev_version=$(jq -r '.["dev-version"]' "$VERSION_FILE")
-          prod_version=$(jq -r '.["prod-version"]' "$VERSION_FILE")
-          
-          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" == "dev" ]]; then
-            echo "tag=$dev_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "project_name=$repo-dev" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" == "main" ]]; then
-            echo "tag=$prod_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "project_name=$repo" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "tag=$dev_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "project_name=$repo-dev" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Print project name and tag
-        run: |
-          echo "Project is ${{ steps.version.outputs.project_name }}"
-          echo "Tag is ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
-
-      - name: Build and push image
-        uses: ./.github/actions/docker-build-and-push
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
-          image-name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.project_name }}
-          registry: ghcr.io/llm-d
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
-          kv-cache-manager-token: ${{ secrets.KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml
index 41bb045d2..757b26302 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           image-name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.project_name }}
           registry: ghcr.io/llm-d
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
-          kv-cache-manager-token: ${{ secrets.KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Run Trivy scan
         uses: ./.github/actions/trivy-scan
diff --git a/.version.json b/.version.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f57d8d04..000000000
--- a/.version.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dev-version": "0.0.5",
-  "dev-registry": "ghcr.io/llm-d/llm-d-inference-scheduler-dev",
-  "prod-version": "0.0.4",
-  "prod-registry": "ghcr.io/llm-d/llm-d-inference-scheduler"
-}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fd7cfb655..9c540af0f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ RUN dnf install -y gcc-c++ libstdc++ libstdc++-devel clang && dnf clean all
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
-## llm-d internal repos pull config
-ARG KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN
-RUN git config --global url."https://${KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
-ENV GOPRIVATE=github.com/llm-d/*
-
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
 COPY go.mod go.mod
 COPY go.sum go.sum
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bda07582c..b916f0260 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ build: check-go download-tokenizer ##
 ##@ Container Build/Push
 
 .PHONY: buildah-build
-buildah-build: check-builder load-version-json ## Build and push image (multi-arch if supported)
-	@echo "✅ Using builder: $(BUILDER)"
-ifndef KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN
-	$(error "KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN is not set")
-endif
 	@if [ "$(BUILDER)" = "buildah" ]; then \
 	  echo "🔧 Buildah detected: Performing multi-arch build..."; \
 	  FINAL_TAG=$(IMG); \
@@ -96,7 +91,6 @@ endif
 	    echo "📦 Building for architecture: $$arch"; \
 				buildah build \
         			--arch=$$arch \
-        			--build-arg KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN=$(KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN) \
         			--os=linux \
         			--layers -t $(IMG)-$$arch . || exit 1; \
 	    echo "🚀 Pushing image: $(IMG)-$$arch"; \
@@ -118,7 +112,6 @@ endif
 	  docker buildx use image-builder; \
 	  	  docker buildx build --push \
       	  			--platform=$(PLATFORMS) \
-                      --build-arg KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN=$(KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN) \
                       --tag $(IMG) -f Dockerfile.cross . || exit 1; \
 	  docker buildx rm image-builder || true; \
 	  rm Dockerfile.cross; \
@@ -134,14 +127,10 @@ endif
 .PHONY:	image-build
 image-build: check-container-tool load-version-json ## Build Docker image ## Build Docker image using $(CONTAINER_TOOL)
 	@printf "\033[33;1m==== Building Docker image $(IMG) ====\033[0m\n"
-ifndef KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN
-	$(error "KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN is not set")
-endif
 	$(CONTAINER_TOOL) build \
 		--platform $(TARGETOS)/$(TARGETARCH) \
  		--build-arg TARGETOS=$(TARGETOS) \
 		--build-arg TARGETARCH=$(TARGETARCH) \
-		--build-arg KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN=$(KV_CACHE_MANAGER_TOKEN) \
  		-t $(IMG) .
 
 .PHONY: image-push
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26c8923ea..d9aa23457 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
-	github.com/llm-d/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.0.0-20250515082302-b9deb04c44c5
+	github.com/llm-d/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.1.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6c380dcac..9c8ceca87 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0SNc=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
-github.com/llm-d/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.0.0-20250515082302-b9deb04c44c5 h1:BB02L+NP4zbsfZ23c5gCeKqxNTmArtzHYwiXIOr91mw=
-github.com/llm-d/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.0.0-20250515082302-b9deb04c44c5/go.mod h1:Hu7RvpUg5sP1xnQFfO2dbt96AjGPWKuUvWBWiHj/FUU=
+github.com/llm-d/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.1.0 h1:TabMsVni2AqxsfQtcT3jVjSPvExlbTieJejSVNwlkZ0=
+github.com/llm-d/llm-d-kv-cache-manager v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Hu7RvpUg5sP1xnQFfO2dbt96AjGPWKuUvWBWiHj/FUU=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=