diff --git a/scripts/config-local.js b/scripts/config-local.js
index debc7d0c73110a13efb133120b360bf9910f2011..4aff29a21a3dcef2f1a02d590b6a5682ae8fff55 100644
--- a/scripts/config-local.js
+++ b/scripts/config-local.js
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
  * Add local build overrides to compose.override.yml
  * Automatically discovers services with Dockerfiles in the workspace
  * Preserves any existing user customizations
- * Also adds Verdaccio for local npm package development
  */
 
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
 const {
   OVERRIDE_FILE,
   readYamlFile,
@@ -16,38 +13,6 @@ const {
   discoverLocalBuilds
 } = require('./compose-utils');
 
-/**
- * Get Verdaccio service configuration for local development
- */
-function getVerdaccioConfig() {
-  const configPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'verdaccio', 'config.yaml');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return {
-    services: {
-      verdaccio: {
-        image: 'verdaccio/verdaccio:5',
-        volumes: [
-          './verdaccio/config.yaml:/verdaccio/conf/config.yaml:ro',
-          'verdaccio-storage:/verdaccio/storage'
-        ],
-        ports: ['4873:4873'],
-        healthcheck: {
-          test: ['CMD', 'wget', '-q', '--spider', 'http://localhost:4873/-/ping'],
-          interval: '10s',
-          timeout: '5s',
-          retries: 3
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    volumes: {
-      'verdaccio-storage': {}
-    }
-  };
-}
-
 function main() {
   console.log('Discovering local build configurations...\n');
 
@@ -61,14 +26,7 @@ function main() {
     deepMerge(config, overrides);
   }
 
-  // Add Verdaccio if config exists
-  const verdaccioConfig = getVerdaccioConfig();
-  if (verdaccioConfig) {
-    deepMerge(config, verdaccioConfig);
-    console.log('Verdaccio local npm registry added.\n');
-  }
-
-  if (discovered.length === 0 && !verdaccioConfig) {
+  if (discovered.length === 0) {
     console.log('No local Dockerfiles found for any services.');
     if (notFound.length > 0) {
       console.log('\nServices without local Dockerfiles:');
@@ -94,12 +52,6 @@ function main() {
     }
   }
 
-  if (verdaccioConfig) {
-    console.log('\nVerdaccio local npm registry:');
-    console.log('  - Web UI: http://localhost:4873');
-    console.log('  - First time: npm adduser --registry http://localhost:4873');
-  }
-
   if (notFound.length > 0) {
     console.log('\nServices without local Dockerfiles (skipped):');
     for (const service of notFound) {
diff --git a/scripts/config-upstream.js b/scripts/config-upstream.js
index b79d86cd3861b1efe54020be0b85344c3c293fe9..9db3a83c05b66ebd3b7734080c5e630e70828401 100644
--- a/scripts/config-upstream.js
+++ b/scripts/config-upstream.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * Remove local build overrides from compose.override.yml
  * Automatically discovers which services to clean up
  * Preserves any user customizations that are not part of local overrides
- * Also removes Verdaccio local npm registry
  */
 
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -42,34 +41,6 @@ function removeLocalOverrides(config, managedServices) {
   return config;
 }
 
-/**
- * Remove Verdaccio service from config
- */
-function removeVerdaccio(config) {
-  let removed = false;
-
-  if (config.services && config.services.verdaccio) {
-    delete config.services.verdaccio;
-    removed = true;
-
-    // If services object is now empty, remove it
-    if (Object.keys(config.services).length === 0) {
-      delete config.services;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (config.volumes && config.volumes['verdaccio-storage']) {
-    delete config.volumes['verdaccio-storage'];
-
-    // If volumes object is now empty, remove it
-    if (Object.keys(config.volumes).length === 0) {
-      delete config.volumes;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return removed;
-}
-
 function main() {
   console.log('Removing local build overrides...\n');
 
@@ -88,10 +59,7 @@ function main() {
   // Remove local overrides
   config = removeLocalOverrides(config, managedServices);
 
-  // Remove Verdaccio
-  const verdaccioRemoved = removeVerdaccio(config);
-
-  if (managedServices.length === 0 && !verdaccioRemoved) {
+  if (managedServices.length === 0) {
     console.log('No manageable services discovered.');
     return;
   }
@@ -115,10 +83,6 @@ function main() {
     }
   }
 
-  if (verdaccioRemoved) {
-    console.log('\nVerdaccio local npm registry removed.');
-  }
-
   console.log('\nRun "docker compose pull" to fetch upstream images.');
 }
 
diff --git a/verdaccio/config.yaml b/verdaccio/config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed563d4c2c1ffa9b477b8cdc539bcf1f95357f98..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/verdaccio/config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Verdaccio configuration for local npm package development
-storage: /verdaccio/storage/data
-plugins: /verdaccio/plugins
-
-web:
-  title: PeerVerity Local Registry
-
-# Disable authentication requirement for local dev
-auth:
-  htpasswd:
-    file: /verdaccio/storage/htpasswd
-    max_users: -1
-
-uplinks:
-  npmjs:
-    url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-
-packages:
-  # PeerVerity packages - allow anonymous publish for local dev
-  '@peerverity/*':
-    access: $anonymous
-    publish: $anonymous
-    unpublish: $anonymous
-    proxy: npmjs
-
-  # All other packages - proxy to npmjs
-  '**':
-    access: $all
-    publish: $authenticated
-    proxy: npmjs
-
-log: { type: stdout, format: pretty, level: info }