diff --git a/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj b/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj
index d2c2065f2..3076eabcf 100644
--- a/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj
+++ b/Snowflake.Data/Snowflake.Data.csproj
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
     <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
-    <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\sign\publicKey.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
-    <DelaySign>true</DelaySign>
-    <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Apache.Arrow" Version="14.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.S3" Version="3.7.0.4" />
@@ -74,10 +68,4 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="Properties\" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
-    <None Include="..\sign\publicKey.snk">
-      <Link>publicKey.snk</Link>
-    </None>
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/deploy.bat b/deploy.bat
index 6b808c371..1485d286c 100644
--- a/deploy.bat
+++ b/deploy.bat
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ REM Scripts to build .net driver and deploy
 SET VERSION=%1
 SET API_KEY=%2
 
-SET ROOT_DIR=%~dp0 
+SET ROOT_DIR=%~dp0
 cd %ROOT_DIR%
 
-dotnet build Snowflake.Data\Snowflake.Data.csproj -c Release --force -v n 
-
-REM command to sign with strong name Snowflake.Data.dll should be here
+dotnet build Snowflake.Data\Snowflake.Data.csproj -c Release --force -v n /p:SignAssembly=true /p:AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile=snKey.snk
 
 dotnet pack Snowflake.Data\Snowflake.Data.csproj -c Release --force -v n --no-build  --output %ROOT_DIR%
 
-dotnet nuget push Snowflake.Data.%VERSION%.nupkg -k %API_KEY% -s https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
\ No newline at end of file
+dotnet nuget push Snowflake.Data.%VERSION%.nupkg -k %API_KEY% -s https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
diff --git a/sign/publicKey.snk b/sign/publicKey.snk
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b78e9478..000000000
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