diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index dc5d3aa..97dc283 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,20 +11,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
 
-      - name: setup node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
         with:
           node-version: 20
 
       - name: semantic release
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          npm install \
-            @semantic-release/gitea \
-            conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits \
-            @semantic-release/git \
-            @semantic-release/changelog
-          
           npx semantic-release
 
       # TODO extract dedicated action
diff --git a/.releaserc.js b/.releaserc.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c20812..0000000
--- a/.releaserc.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-    "branches":   [
-        "main"
-    ],
-    "plugins":    [
-        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
-        [
-            "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-            {
-                "linkCompare":    true,
-                "linkReferences": true,
-                "writerOpts":     {
-                    "groupBy":          "type",
-                    "commitGroupsSort": "title",
-                    "commitsSort":      "header"
-                }
-            }
-        ],
-        [
-            "@semantic-release/changelog",
-            {
-                "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md"
-            }
-        ],
-        [
-            "@semantic-release/git",
-            {
-                "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version}",
-                "assets":  [
-                    "CHANGELOG.md"
-                ]
-            }
-        ],
-        [
-            "@semantic-release/gitea",
-            {}
-        ]
-    ],
-    "preset":     "conventionalcommits",
-    "parserOpts": {
-        "issuePrefixes":  [
-            "#"
-        ],
-        "issueUrlFormat": `${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/issues/{{id}}`
-    }
-}