diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 432ed93f3..282e997cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -197,6 +197,18 @@ A new version of vss-tools is used, with support for static IDs and jsconschema.
 
 ## Planned Changes VSS 5.0
 
+### UUID removed from release artifacts
+
+VSS Release artifacts (VSS standard catalog in various formats) will no longer contain UUID information.
+If you need artifacts with UUID you need to generate the artifact yourself.
+
+Instructions:
+
+1. Clone the repo and check out the tag you want, for example `git checkout v5.0`
+2. Update submodules, for example `git submodule update --init`
+3. Add `--uuid` as argument to the relevant command in `Makefile`
+4. Run generation, for example `make csv`.
+
 ### OBD Branch deprecated
 
 The `Vehicle.OBD` branch is now deprecated. The plan is to remove it in VSS 6.0.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e9ff4334..9cf76c873 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,50 +21,50 @@ optional_targets: clean protobuf ttl
 TOOLSDIR?=./vss-tools
 
 json:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).json
 
 json-noexpand:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml --no-expand ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_noexpand.json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -u ./spec/units.yaml --no-expand ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_noexpand.json
 
 jsonschema:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2jsonschema.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).jsonschema
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2jsonschema.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).jsonschema
 
 franca:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2franca.py --franca-vss-version $$(cat VERSION)  -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).fidl
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2franca.py --franca-vss-version $$(cat VERSION) -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).fidl
 
 yaml:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2yaml.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).yaml
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2yaml.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).yaml
 
 csv:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2csv.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).csv
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2csv.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).csv
 
 ddsidl:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2ddsidl.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).idl
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2ddsidl.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).idl
 
 # Verifies that supported overlay combinations are syntactically correct.
 overlays:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/profiles/motorbike.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_motorbike.json
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/extensions/dual_wiper_systems.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_dualwiper.json
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/extensions/OBD.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_obd.json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/profiles/motorbike.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_motorbike.json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/extensions/dual_wiper_systems.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_dualwiper.json
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2json.py -u ./spec/units.yaml -o overlays/extensions/OBD.vspec ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION)_obd.json
 
 tests:
 	PYTHONPATH=${TOOLSDIR} pytest
 
 binary:
 	cd ${TOOLSDIR}/binary && $(MAKE)
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2binary.py --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).binary
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2binary.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).binary
 
 protobuf:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2protobuf.py  -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).proto
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2protobuf.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).proto
 
 graphql:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2graphql.py -I ./spec  -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).graphql.ts
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2graphql.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).graphql.ts
 
 ttl:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/contrib/vspec2ttl/vspec2ttl.py -I ./spec -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).ttl
+	${TOOLSDIR}/contrib/vspec2ttl/vspec2ttl.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).ttl
 
 id:
-	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2id.py -I ./spec --uuid -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).vspec
+	${TOOLSDIR}/vspec2id.py -u ./spec/units.yaml ./spec/VehicleSignalSpecification.vspec vss_rel_$$(cat VERSION).vspec
 
 clean:
 	cd ${TOOLSDIR}/binary && $(MAKE) clean