diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3a7d93c..9db10774 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ DC_OPTS?=--rm
 # container runs as the current user rather than root (so that created files are not root-owned)
 DC_USER_OPTS?=$(DC_OPTS) -u $$(id -u $${USER}):$$(id -g $${USER})
 
-TOOLS_VERSION?=$(shell cat TOOLS_VERSION)
-export TOOLS_VERSION
-
 .PHONY: all
 all: build/openmaptiles.tm2source/data.yml build/mapping.yaml build/tileset.sql
 
@@ -182,7 +179,7 @@ etl-graph:
 
 # generate etl graph for a certain layer, e.g. etl-graph-building, etl-graph-place
 etl-graph-%: layers/% build/devdoc
-	docker run $(DC_USER_OPTS) -v $$(pwd):/tileset openmaptiles/openmaptiles-tools:${TOOLS_VERSION} generate-etlgraph layers/$*/$*.yaml ./build/devdoc
+	docker-compose run $(DC_USER_OPTS) openmaptiles-tools generate-etlgraph layers/$*/$*.yaml ./build/devdoc
 	cp ./build/devdoc/etl_$*.png layers/$*/etl_diagram.png
 
 
@@ -197,7 +194,7 @@ mapping-graph:
 	@echo 'Valid layers: $(mappingLayers)'
 
 mapping-graph-%: ./layers/%/mapping.yaml build/devdoc
-	docker run $(DC_USER_OPTS) -v $$(pwd):/tileset openmaptiles/openmaptiles-tools:${TOOLS_VERSION} generate-mapping-graph layers/$*/$*.yaml ./build/devdoc/mapping-diagram-$*
+	docker-compose run $(DC_USER_OPTS) openmaptiles-tools generate-mapping-graph layers/$*/$*.yaml ./build/devdoc/mapping-diagram-$*
 	cp ./build/devdoc/mapping-diagram-$*.png layers/$*/mapping_diagram.png
 
 # generate all etl and mapping graphs
diff --git a/TOOLS_VERSION b/TOOLS_VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index fd2a0186..00000000
--- a/TOOLS_VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3.1.0
diff --git a/qa/layer_freq.sh b/qa/layer_freq.sh
index aa32074e..60c8a2c6 100755
--- a/qa/layer_freq.sh
+++ b/qa/layer_freq.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ do
 echo " "
 echo "## $layerid z$z  - freq"
 
-: "${TOOLS_VERSION:=$(cat "$(dirname "$0")/../TOOLS_VERSION")}"
-SQL=$(docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/tileset" "openmaptiles/openmaptiles-tools:$TOOLS_VERSION" generate-sqlquery  layers/${layerid}/${layerid}.yaml $z )
+SQL=$(docker-compose run --rm openmaptiles-tools generate-sqlquery  layers/${layerid}/${layerid}.yaml $z )
 
 SQLCODE=$(cat <<-END
 select $classvars , count(*) as _count_ from
diff --git a/qa/layer_numvar_analyze.sh b/qa/layer_numvar_analyze.sh
index 7ed5aaf6..614b4e14 100755
--- a/qa/layer_numvar_analyze.sh
+++ b/qa/layer_numvar_analyze.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ do
 echo " "
 echo "## $layerid z$z - $var "
 
-: "${TOOLS_VERSION:=$(cat "$(dirname "$0")/../TOOLS_VERSION")}"
-SQL=$(docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/tileset" "openmaptiles/openmaptiles-tools:$TOOLS_VERSION" generate-sqlquery  layers/${layerid}/${layerid}.yaml $z )
+SQL=$(docker-compose run --rm openmaptiles-tools generate-sqlquery  layers/${layerid}/${layerid}.yaml $z )
 
 SQLCODE=$(cat <<-END
 SELECT
diff --git a/qa/layer_toplength.sh b/qa/layer_toplength.sh
index a4d14319..86a529eb 100755
--- a/qa/layer_toplength.sh
+++ b/qa/layer_toplength.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ do
 echo " "
 echo "## $layerid z$z   max length ($classvar)"
 
-: "${TOOLS_VERSION:=$(cat "$(dirname "$0")/../TOOLS_VERSION")}"
-SQL=$(docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/tileset" "openmaptiles/openmaptiles-tools:$TOOLS_VERSION" generate-sqlquery  layers/${layerid}/${layerid}.yaml $z )
+SQL=$(docker-compose run --rm openmaptiles-tools generate-sqlquery  layers/${layerid}/${layerid}.yaml $z )
 
 SQLCODE=$(cat <<-END
 SELECT DISTINCT $classvar , length( $classvar ) AS _length_ from
diff --git a/quickstart.sh b/quickstart.sh
index 1a64a72a..053e510e 100755
--- a/quickstart.sh
+++ b/quickstart.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ MIN_DOCKER_VER=1.12.3
 STARTTIME=$(date +%s)
 STARTDATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M%z")
 githash=$( git rev-parse HEAD )
-: "${TOOLS_VERSION:=$(cat "$(dirname "$0")/TOOLS_VERSION")}"
-export TOOLS_VERSION
 
 # Options to run with docker and docker-compose - ensure the container is destroyed on exit,
 # as well as pass any other common parameters.