diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/generate-tarball.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/generate-tarball.yml
index 50ce9fdc21..d1580fe875 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/generate-tarball.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/generate-tarball.yml
@@ -7,35 +7,8 @@ on:
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  build-tarball:
-    name: Build tarball w/ submodules
-    runs-on: x86_64
-    container:
-      image: alpine:latest
-    env:
-      CI_PROJECT_NAME: zotero
-    steps:
-      - name: Environment setup
-        run: apk add nodejs git git-archive-all gzip
-      - name: Repo pull
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 500
-          ref: ${{ inputs.ref_name }}
-      - name: Package build
-        run: |
-          echo "building tarball for ${{ inputs.ref_name }}"
-          git-archive-all --force-submodules $CI_PROJECT_NAME-${{ inputs.ref_name }}.tar.gz
-          echo "Generating sha512sum"
-          sha512sum $CI_PROJECT_NAME-${{ inputs.ref_name }}.tar.gz > $CI_PROJECT_NAME-${{ inputs.ref_name }}.tar.gz.sha512sum
-      - name: Package upload
-        uses: forgejo/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: tarball
-          path: zotero-${{ inputs.ref_name }}.*
   upload-release:
     runs-on: x86_64
-    needs: [build-tarball]
     container:
       image: docker.io/node:20-bookworm
     steps:
@@ -47,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           direction: upload
           url: https://api.ayakael.net
-          repo: mirrors/zotero
           sha: f55d5c106785e0575f2d48abf34e4de252c4f301
           tag: ${{ inputs.ref_name }}
           verbose: true