diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 13bc98d5..68b1866b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ on:
 
 env:
   APP_ID: org.legoisland.Isle
-  APT_CACHE_DIRS: |
-    /var/cache/apt/
-    /var/lib/apt/lists/
   BUILD_DIR: build
 
 jobs:
@@ -47,15 +44,6 @@ jobs:
             ${{ matrix.msys-env }}-clang-tools-extra
             ${{ (matrix.config && format('{0}-qt6-base', matrix.msys-env)) || '' }}
 
-        # Get a small speed up by caching APT repo data between runs
-        # `apt update` should now only run a full update if the cache is out of date
-      - name: Cache APT data
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        if: ${{ matrix.linux }}
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.APT_CACHE_DIRS }}
-          key: apt-${{ runner.arch }}
-
       - name: Install Linux dependencies (apt-get)
         if: ${{ matrix.linux }}
         run: |
@@ -82,14 +70,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Cache CMakeCache.txt
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}/CMakeCache.txt
-          key: ${{ matrix.name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/CMakeLists.txt','**/*.cmake') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.name }}-
-
       - name: Configure (CMake)
         run: |
           ${{ matrix.cmake-wrapper || '' }} cmake -S . -B ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }} -GNinja \
@@ -137,14 +117,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Cache .flatpak-builder
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .flatpak-builder
-          key: ${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('packaging/linux/flatpak/org.legoisland.Isle.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ matrix.arch }}-
-
       - name: Build Flatpak
         uses: flatpak/flatpak-github-actions/flatpak-builder@v6
         with:
diff --git a/packaging/CMakeLists.txt b/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
index a7d4c5b5..9586db9d 100644
--- a/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@ else()
     set(SEMANTIC_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
-# Following block sourced from https://jonathanhamberg.com/post/cmake-embedding-git-hash/
-# Get the latest abbreviated commit hash of the working branch
-# execute_process(
-#     COMMAND git log -1 --format=%h
-#     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
-#     OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_HASH
-#     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-# )
-
 if(LINUX)
     add_subdirectory(linux)
 endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/packaging/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index cd65adf0..3ff0d713 100644
--- a/packaging/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packaging/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,16 +4,10 @@ else()
     set(FLATPAK FALSE)
 endif()
 
-if(FLATPAK)
-    set(METADATA_ROOT "$ENV{FLATPAK_DEST}/share")
-else()
-    set(METADATA_ROOT "/usr/share")
-endif()
-
 # Injects the required variables into the Desktop and MetaInfo files
 configure_file(isledecomp.desktop.in "${APP_ID}.desktop" @ONLY)
 configure_file(isledecomp.metainfo.xml.in "${APP_ID}.metainfo.xml" @ONLY)
 
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../icons/isle.svg" RENAME "${APP_ID}.svg" DESTINATION "${METADATA_ROOT}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/")
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${APP_ID}.desktop" DESTINATION "${METADATA_ROOT}/applications/")
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${APP_ID}.metainfo.xml" DESTINATION "${METADATA_ROOT}/metainfo/")
\ No newline at end of file
+install(FILES "../icons/isle.svg" RENAME "${APP_ID}.svg" DESTINATION "share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps")
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${APP_ID}.desktop" DESTINATION "share/applications")
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${APP_ID}.metainfo.xml" DESTINATION "share/metainfo")