diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1c4864c7a..70a7f906eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -814,6 +814,10 @@ generate-go: $(TAGS_PREREQ)
 	@echo "Running go generate..."
 	@CC= GOOS= GOARCH= $(GO) generate -tags '$(TAGS)' $(GO_PACKAGES)
 
+.PHONY: merge-locales
+merge-locales:
+	@echo "NOT NEEDED: THIS IS A NOOP AS OF Forgejo 7.0 BUT KEPT FOR BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY"
+
 .PHONY: security-check
 security-check:
 	go run $(GOVULNCHECK_PACKAGE) ./...
diff --git a/build/crowdin-to-weblate.sh b/build/crowdin-to-weblate.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 877b5d9e07..0000000000
--- a/build/crowdin-to-weblate.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2024 The Forgejo Authors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-D=/tmp/crowdin-to-weblate
-mkdir -p $D
-
-function checkout() {
-    if test -d $D/gitea ; then
-        git -C $D/gitea reset --hard
-        return
-    fi
-
-    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea $D/gitea
-}
-
-function replace() {
-    go run build/merge-forgejo-locales.go $D/gitea/options/locale
-    cp -a $D/gitea/options/locale/* options/locale
-}
-
-function run() {
-    checkout
-    replace
-}
-
-"$@"
diff --git a/build/merge-forgejo-locales.go b/build/merge-forgejo-locales.go
index eebe12578b..05c8d9b5e9 100644
--- a/build/merge-forgejo-locales.go
+++ b/build/merge-forgejo-locales.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The Forgejo Authors c/o Codeberg e.V.. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Forgejo Authors c/o Codeberg e.V.. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -7,103 +7,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
-const (
-	trimPrefix   = "gitea_"
-	sourceFolder = "options/locales/"
-)
-
-// returns list of locales, still containing the file extension!
-func generate_locale_list() []string {
-	localeFiles, _ := os.ReadDir(sourceFolder)
-	locales := []string{}
-	for _, localeFile := range localeFiles {
-		if !localeFile.IsDir() && strings.HasPrefix(localeFile.Name(), trimPrefix) {
-			locales = append(locales, strings.TrimPrefix(localeFile.Name(), trimPrefix))
-		}
-	}
-	return locales
-}
-
-// replace all occurrences of Gitea with Forgejo
-func renameGiteaForgejo(filename string) []byte {
-	file, err := os.Open(filename)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	replacements := []string{
-		"Gitea", "Forgejo",
-		"https://docs.gitea.com/installation/install-from-binary", "https://forgejo.org/download/#installation-from-binary",
-		"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/master/docker", "https://forgejo.org/download/#container-image",
-		"https://docs.gitea.com/installation/install-from-package", "https://forgejo.org/download",
-		"https://code.gitea.io/gitea", "https://forgejo.org/download",
-		"code.gitea.io/gitea", "Forgejo",
-		`<a href="https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues" target="_blank">GitHub</a>`, `<a href="https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues" target="_blank">Codeberg</a>`,
-		"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea", "https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo",
-		"https://blog.gitea.io", "https://forgejo.org/news",
-		"https://docs.gitea.com/usage/protected-tags", "https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/protection/#protected-tags",
-		"https://docs.gitea.com/usage/webhooks", "https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/webhooks/",
-	}
-	replacer := strings.NewReplacer(replacements...)
-	replaced := make(map[string]bool, len(replacements)/2)
-	count_replaced := func(original string) {
-		for i := 0; i < len(replacements); i += 2 {
-			if strings.Contains(original, replacements[i]) {
-				replaced[replacements[i]] = true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	out := make([]byte, 0, 1024)
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanLines)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "license_desc=") {
-			line = strings.Replace(line, "GitHub", "Forgejo", 1)
-		}
-
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "[") && strings.HasSuffix(line, "]") {
-			out = append(out, []byte(line+"\n")...)
-		} else if strings.HasPrefix(line, "settings.web_hook_name_gitea") {
-			out = append(out, []byte(line+"\n")...)
-			out = append(out, []byte("settings.web_hook_name_forgejo = Forgejo\n")...)
-		} else if strings.HasPrefix(line, "migrate.gitea.description") {
-			re := regexp.MustCompile(`(.*Gitea)`)
-			out = append(out, []byte(re.ReplaceAllString(line, "${1}/Forgejo")+"\n")...)
-		} else {
-			count_replaced(line)
-			out = append(out, []byte(replacer.Replace(line)+"\n")...)
-		}
-	}
-	file.Close()
-	if strings.HasSuffix(filename, "gitea_en-US.ini") {
-		for i := 0; i < len(replacements); i += 2 {
-			if replaced[replacements[i]] == false {
-				log.Fatalf("%s was never used to replace something in %s, it is obsolete and must be updated", replacements[i], filename)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
 func main() {
-	d := os.Args[1]
-	files, err := os.ReadDir(d)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	for _, f := range files {
-		p := d + "/" + f.Name()
-		os.WriteFile(p, renameGiteaForgejo(p), 0o644)
-	}
+	fmt.Println("NOT NEEDED: THIS IS A NOOP AS OF Forgejo 7.0 BUT KEPT FOR BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY")
 }