diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 4dcc1c554..05fef9964 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ updates:
 
   # Maintain dependencies for Python scripts
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
-    directory: "/.github/scripts"
+    directory: "/scripts"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 7a82a10fe..5a1e64933 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ci:
   - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:
-          - .github/scripts/**
+          - scripts/**
           - .github/workflows/**
           - .github/*.yml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
index 630756145..f846ef39a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
 
       - name: "Download actionlint"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 0a91e48da..9af23d21f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
       - name: "Check Markdown documents"
         uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@b4c9feab76d8025d1e83c653fa3990936df0e6c8 # v16.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/insight.yml b/.github/workflows/insight.yml
index da19e93b2..9d909914e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/insight.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/insight.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ run-name: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.display_title || github.workflow }}
 on:
   workflow_run:
     workflows:
-      - Lint
+      - "Lint compositional_skills and knowledge"
     types:
       - completed
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index a26b4d45a..a02e02e4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-name: Lint
+name: Lint compositional_skills and knowledge
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
       - compositional_skills/**/qna.yaml
       - knowledge/**/qna.yaml
       - '.github/workflows/lint.yml' # This workflow
-      - '.github/scripts/**' # Scripts used by this workflow
+      - 'scripts/**' # Scripts used by this workflow
 
   pull_request:
     branches:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
       - knowledge/**/*.yaml
       - knowledge/**/*.yml
       - '.github/workflows/lint.yml' # This workflow
-      - '.github/scripts/**' # Scripts used by this workflow
+      - 'scripts/**' # Scripts used by this workflow
 
 env:
   LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
+  yamllint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: "Harden Runner"
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
 
       - name: "Setup Python"
         uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5.1.0
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Install Python Packages"
         run: |
-          pip install -r .github/scripts/requirements.txt
+          pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt
 
       - name: "Find changed skills and knowledge files"
         id: changed-files
@@ -69,22 +68,34 @@ jobs:
             knowledge/**/*.yml
 
       - name: "Check changed YAML file contents"
-        if: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ fromJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed) }}
         run: |
-          .github/scripts/check-yaml.py ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
+          scripts/check-yaml.py ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
         env:
-          SCHEMA_BASE: schema
           YAMLLINT_CONFIG: "{extends: relaxed, rules: {line-length: {max: 120}}}"
           TAXONOMY_FOLDERS: >-
             compositional_skills
             knowledge
 
+      - name: "Check all YAML file contents"
+        if: ${{ !fromJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed) }}
+        run: |
+          read -ra folders <<< "${TAXONOMY_FOLDERS}"
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2046
+          scripts/check-yaml.py $(find "${folders[@]}" -name "qna.yaml" -print)
+        env:
+          YAMLLINT_CONFIG: "{}" # No lint rules
+          SCHEMA_VERSION: 0 # use the schema version specified in the "version" key
+          TAXONOMY_FOLDERS: >-
+            compositional_skills
+            knowledge
+
       - name: "Save Pull Request number"
         if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request') && (github.repository == 'instructlab/taxonomy') }}
         run: |
           echo "${PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER}" > pull_request_number.txt
         env:
-          PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true' && github.event.number || '0' }}
+          PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ fromJSON(steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed) && github.event.number || '0' }}
 
       - name: "Upload Pull Request number"
         if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'pull_request') && (github.repository == 'instructlab/taxonomy') }}
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index d78b2cbdd..000000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "schema"]
-	path = schema
-	url = https://github.com/instructlab/schema.git
diff --git a/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml b/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml
index cb08cca48..7f06c29ca 100644
--- a/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml
+++ b/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ globs:
 ignores:
   - ".github/**"
   - ".tox/**"
-  - "schema/**"
   - "venv/**"
   - ".venv/**"
   - "knowledge/knowledge_domains.md"
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9be6bc30e..5018dc377 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -62,15 +62,6 @@ To contribute to this repo, you'll use the *Fork and Pull* model common in many
 - For details on the local process, check out the [GitHub flow](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/using-github/github-flow) documentation from GitHub and [The GitHub Workflow Guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/guide/github-workflow.md) documentation from Kubernetes.
 - For details on contributing using the GitHub webpage UI, see [Contributing using the GH UI](docs/contributing_via_GH_UI.md).
 
-This repository uses [submodules](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules) to incorporate the [taxonomy schema](https://github.com/instructlab/schema.git).
-So, when using a local clone of this Git repository, be sure to use the [`--recurse-submodules`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone#Documentation/git-clone.txt---recurse-submodulesltpathspecgt) option on the `git clone` command and the `git pull` command when pulling updates from the remote repository.
-For example:
-
-```shell
-git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/instructlab/taxonomy.git
-git pull --recurse-submodules
-```
-
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > For all contributions to InstructLab 🐶, you want to become familiar with the workflow described in the [InstructLab 🐶 CLI
 > `ilab`](https://github.com/instructlab/instructlab) documentation. It would be best to understand how to test
diff --git a/schema b/schema
deleted file mode 160000
index cf56c4317..000000000
--- a/schema
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cf56c4317ac4590744c0ca677a03458d8df4b920
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-yaml.py b/scripts/check-yaml.py
similarity index 90%
rename from .github/scripts/check-yaml.py
rename to scripts/check-yaml.py
index 2cef6f4fd..fa546ecf0 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/check-yaml.py
+++ b/scripts/check-yaml.py
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from functools import cache, partial
+from importlib import resources
 from importlib.resources.abc import Traversable
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
 # Third Party
 import yaml
+from instructlab.schema import schema_versions
 from jsonschema.protocols import Validator
 from jsonschema.validators import validator_for
 from referencing import Registry, Resource
@@ -29,24 +31,19 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         *,
         yaml_files: List[Path],
-        schema_base: Path,
         taxonomy_folders: List[str],
         yamllint_config: YamlLintConfig,
         schema_version: Optional[int] = None,
         message_format: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.yaml_files = yaml_files
-        self.schema_base = schema_base
         self.taxonomy_folders = taxonomy_folders
         self.yamllint_config = yamllint_config
+        self.schema_base = resources.files("instructlab.schema")
         if schema_version is None:
-            schema_versions = sorted(
-                int(v.name[1:])
-                for v in self.schema_base.glob("v*")
-                if v.name[1:].isdigit()
-            )
-            if schema_versions:
-                schema_version = schema_versions[-1]
+            versions = schema_versions()
+            if versions:
+                schema_version = int(versions[-1].name[1:])
         self.schema_version = schema_version
         if message_format is None or message_format == "auto":
             message_format = (
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.exit_code: int = 0
 
     @cache
-    def _load_schema(self, path: Union[Path, Traversable]) -> Resource:
+    def _load_schema(self, path: Traversable) -> Resource:
         try:
             contents = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
             resource = Resource.from_contents(
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ def _load_schema(self, path: Union[Path, Traversable]) -> Resource:
             raise NoSuchResource(ref=str(path)) from e
         return resource
 
-    def _retrieve(self, schemas_path: Union[Path, Traversable], uri: URI) -> Resource:
+    def _retrieve(self, schemas_path: Traversable, uri: URI) -> Resource:
         path = schemas_path.joinpath(uri)
         return self._load_schema(path)
 
@@ -279,17 +276,6 @@ def cli() -> int:
             "TAXONOMY_FOLDERS", "compositional_skills knowledge"
         ).split(),
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-s",
-        "--schema-base",
-        help="""
-            The base directory of the Taxonomy schema files.
-            Alternately, the SCHEMA_BASE environment variable can be used
-            to specify the base directory.
-            """,
-        default=os.environ.get("SCHEMA_BASE", _find_schema_base()),
-        type=Path,
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v",
         "--schema-version",
@@ -337,7 +323,6 @@ def cli() -> int:
         yaml_files=args.yaml_file,
         taxonomy_folders=args.taxonomy_folders,
         yamllint_config=args.yamllint_config,
-        schema_base=args.schema_base,
         schema_version=args.schema_version,
         message_format=args.message_format,
     )
@@ -345,15 +330,5 @@ def cli() -> int:
     return exit_code
 
 
-def _find_schema_base() -> Path:
-    for parent in Path(sys.argv[0]).parents:
-        candidate = parent.joinpath("schema")
-        if os.path.isdir(candidate):
-            return candidate
-        if os.path.exists(parent.joinpath(".git")):
-            break
-    return Path.cwd().joinpath("schema")
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.exit(cli())
diff --git a/.github/scripts/requirements.txt b/scripts/requirements.txt
similarity index 80%
rename from .github/scripts/requirements.txt
rename to scripts/requirements.txt
index fd3c7e09f..5294567fa 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+instructlab-schema>=0.2.0
 jsonschema>=4.21.1,<5.0.0
 PyYAML>=6.0.1,<7.0.0
 yamllint>=1.35.1,<2.0.0