diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 8f71b41d08b..15a6571367c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-python-wheel:
-    name: Build wheels
+    name: Build wheels and source
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
           token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
-      - name: Build wheels
+      - name: Checkout version and install dependencies
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
           PYPI_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
@@ -58,58 +58,18 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --tags
           git checkout ${VERSION}
           python -m pip install build
-          python -m build --wheel --outdir wheelhouse/
+      - name: Build feast
+        run: python -m build
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: python-wheels
-          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
-
-  build-source-distribution:
-    name: Build source distribution
-    runs-on: macos-13
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Python
-        id: setup-python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
-          architecture: x64
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-      - id: get-version
-        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
-        with:
-          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
-          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
-      - name: Build and install dependencies
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
-        # There's a `git restore` in here because `make install-go-ci-dependencies` is actually messing up go.mod & go.sum.
-        run: |
-          git fetch --tags
-          git checkout ${VERSION}
-          pip install -U pip setuptools wheel twine
-          make build-ui
-          git status
-          git restore go.mod go.sum
-          git restore sdk/python/feast/ui/yarn.lock
-      - name: Build
-        run: |
-          python3 setup.py sdist
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: source-distribution
           path: dist/*
 
   # We add this step so the docker images can be built as part of the pre-release verification steps.
   build-docker-images:
     name: Build Docker images
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ build-python-wheel, build-source-distribution ]
+    needs: [ build-python-wheel ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         component: [ feature-server-dev, feature-server-java, feature-transformation-server, feast-operator ]
@@ -137,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
   verify-python-wheels:
     name: Verify Python wheels
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: [ build-python-wheel, build-source-distribution ]
+    needs: [ build-python-wheel ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest,  macos-13 ]
@@ -168,10 +128,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: python-wheels
           path: dist
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.7
-        with:
-          name: source-distribution
-          path: dist
       - name: Install OS X dependencies
         if: matrix.os == 'macos-13'
         run: brew install coreutils