diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 346bb49..25395ec 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "assets": [
       "./build/public/**/*",
       "./build/sasjsbuild/**/*",
+      "./build/sasjscore/**/*",
       "./web/build/**/*"
     ],
     "targets": [
diff --git a/api/src/app.ts b/api/src/app.ts
index 9fdf244..17350ee 100644
--- a/api/src/app.ts
+++ b/api/src/app.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import cors from 'cors'
 
 import {
   connectDB,
-  copySASjsCore,
   getWebBuildFolderPath,
   loadAppStreamConfig,
   sasJSCoreMacros,
@@ -43,8 +42,6 @@ const onError: ErrorRequestHandler = (err, req, res, next) => {
 }
 
 export default setProcessVariables().then(async () => {
-  await copySASjsCore()
-
   // loading these modules after setting up variables due to
   // multer's usage of process var process.driveLoc
   const { setupRoutes } = await import('./routes/setupRoutes')
diff --git a/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts b/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts
index ff6bdcd..052cc42 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import {
   extractHeaders,
   generateFileUploadSasCode,
   getTmpFilesFolderPath,
-  getTmpMacrosPath,
   HTTPHeaders,
-  isDebugOn
+  isDebugOn,
+  sasJSCoreMacros
 } from '../../utils'
 
 export interface ExecutionVars {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class ExecutionController {
 `
 
     program = `
-options insert=(SASAUTOS="${getTmpMacrosPath()}");
+options insert=(SASAUTOS="${sasJSCoreMacros}");
 
 /* runtime vars */
 ${varStatments}
diff --git a/api/src/utils/copySASjsCore.ts b/api/src/utils/copySASjsCore.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d3d553..0000000
--- a/api/src/utils/copySASjsCore.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { copy } from '@sasjs/utils'
-
-import { getTmpMacrosPath, sasJSCoreMacros } from '.'
-
-export const copySASjsCore = async () => {
-  const macrosDrivePath = getTmpMacrosPath()
-  await copy(sasJSCoreMacros, macrosDrivePath)
-}
diff --git a/api/src/utils/file.ts b/api/src/utils/file.ts
index 42bb12c..2cce265 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/file.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/file.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ export const getTmpFolderPath = () => process.driveLoc
 export const getTmpAppStreamConfigPath = () =>
   path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'appStreamConfig.json')
 
-export const getTmpMacrosPath = () => path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'sasjscore')
-
 export const getTmpUploadsPath = () => path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'uploads')
 
 export const getTmpFilesFolderPath = () =>
diff --git a/api/src/utils/index.ts b/api/src/utils/index.ts
index 80b3580..1527080 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 export * from './appStreamConfig'
 export * from './connectDB'
-export * from './copySASjsCore'
 export * from './extractHeaders'
 export * from './file'
 export * from './generateAccessToken'
 export * from './generateAuthCode'
 export * from './generateRefreshToken'
+export * from './isDebugOn'
 export * from './getCertificates'
 export * from './getDesktopFields'
-export * from './isDebugOn'
 export * from './parseLogToArray'
 export * from './removeTokensInDB'
 export * from './saveTokensInDB'