diff --git a/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/ParagonWebpackPlugin.js b/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/ParagonWebpackPlugin.js
index 73b1bc611..cb17d786c 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/ParagonWebpackPlugin.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/ParagonWebpackPlugin.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const { Compilation, sources } = require('webpack');
-const dotenv = require('dotenv');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const {
@@ -8,19 +7,12 @@ const {
 } = require('../../../config/data/paragonUtils');
 const {
   injectMetadataIntoDocument,
-  // getMfeRuntimeConfig,
   getParagonStylesheetUrls,
   injectParagonCoreStylesheets,
   injectParagonThemeVariantStylesheets,
 } = require('./utils');
 const resolvePrivateEnvConfig = require('../../resolvePrivateEnvConfig');
 
-// Add process env vars. Currently used only for setting the
-// server port and the publicPath
-dotenv.config({
-  path: path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env.development'),
-});
-
 // Allow private/local overrides of env vars from .env.development for config settings
 // that you'd like to persist locally during development, without the risk of checking
 // in temporary modifications to .env.development.
@@ -64,14 +56,10 @@ class ParagonWebpackPlugin {
    * @returns {Object} Metadata about the Paragon and brand theme URLs from configuration.
    */
   async resolveParagonThemeUrlsFromConfig() {
-    // const mfeRuntimeApiConfig = await getMfeRuntimeConfig();
     let envConfig;
     if (fs.existsSync(envConfigFile)) {
       envConfig = require(envConfigFile);
     }
-    // const paragonThemeUrls = mfeRuntimeApiConfig?.PARAGON_THEME_URLS
-    //   ?? envConfig?.PARAGON_THEME_URLS
-    //   ?? process.env.PARAGON_THEME_URLS;
 
     const paragonThemeUrls = envConfig?.PARAGON_THEME_URLS ?? process.env.PARAGON_THEME_URLS;
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/utils.js b/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/utils.js
index 10835ca9c..70a667944 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/utils.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/paragon-webpack-plugin/utils.js
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 const { sources } = require('webpack');
 const parse5 = require('parse5');
-const axios = require('axios');
-
-async function getMfeRuntimeConfig() {
-  const {
-    APP_ID,
-    MFE_CONFIG_API_URL,
-  } = process.env;
-  const queryParams = new URLSearchParams({
-    mfe: APP_ID,
-  });
-  const url = `${MFE_CONFIG_API_URL}?${queryParams.toString()}`;
-  const response = await axios.get(url);
-  return response.data;
-}
 
 function getDescendantByTag(node, tag) {
   for (let i = 0; i < node.childNodes?.length; i++) {
@@ -292,7 +278,7 @@ function handleVersionSubstitution({ url, wildcardKeyword, localVersion }) {
   if (!url || !url.includes(wildcardKeyword) || !localVersion) {
     return url;
   }
-  return url.replace(wildcardKeyword, localVersion);
+  return url.replaceAll(wildcardKeyword, localVersion);
 }
 
 function getParagonStylesheetUrls({ paragonThemeUrls, paragonVersion, brandVersion }) {
@@ -381,7 +367,6 @@ function injectParagonThemeVariantStylesheets({
 
 module.exports = {
   injectMetadataIntoDocument,
-  getMfeRuntimeConfig,
   getParagonStylesheetUrls,
   injectParagonCoreStylesheets,
   injectParagonThemeVariantStylesheets,