diff --git a/.github/workflows/autotest.yml b/.github/workflows/autotest.yml
index 4713726810..41495f1616 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autotest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autotest.yml
@@ -170,78 +170,3 @@ jobs:
           echo "images=$IMAGES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Run test with cfg
         run: 'echo ''{"matrix": ${{ toJson(matrix.cfg) }}, "images": ${{ steps.images.outputs.images }} }'' | ./tools/test/run_tests.py'
-  release-patch-setup:
-    if: |
-      github.event_name == 'pull_request' && !startsWith(github.event.pull_request.base.ref, 'release') && !startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'feature')
-      && (github.repository_owner == 'rucio' || github.event_name != 'schedule')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Update pip
-        run: python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools
-      - name: Install python requirements for matrix_parser.py
-        run: python3 -m pip install -U sh PyYAML
-      - name: Grab latest release branch
-        id: grabrelease
-        run: echo "release_branch=$(echo "${{ github.event.repository.branches_url }}" | ./tools/github/workflow/grabrelease.py)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Fetch pull request commit range
-        id: prcommits
-        run: echo "source_commits=$(echo "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}" | ./tools/github/workflow/prcommits.py)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Test cherry-picking pull request changes
-        run: |
-          echo '{
-            "source_remote_name": "${{ github.actor }}",
-            "source_remote": "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}",
-            "source_commits": "${{ steps.prcommits.outputs.source_commits }}",
-            "target_remote": "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}",
-            "target_branch": "${{ steps.grabrelease.outputs.release_branch }}"
-          }' | ./tools/github/workflow/mergetest.py
-      - name: Identify Matrix
-        id: matrix
-        run: echo "matrix=$(./tools/test/matrix_parser.py < ./etc/docker/test/matrix.yml)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-    outputs:
-      release_branch: ${{ steps.grabrelease.outputs.release_branch }}
-      source_commits: ${{ steps.prcommits.outputs.source_commits }}
-      matrix: ${{ steps.matrix.outputs.matrix }}
-  release-patch-test:
-    needs: release-patch-setup
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        cfg: ${{ fromJson(needs.release-patch-setup.outputs.matrix) }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Update pip
-        run: python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools
-      - name: Install python requirements for mergetest.py
-        run: python3 -m pip install -U sh
-      - name: Cherry-pick pull request changes
-        run: |
-          echo '{
-            "source_remote_name": "${{ github.actor }}",
-            "source_remote": "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}",
-            "source_commits": "${{ needs.release-patch-setup.outputs.source_commits }}",
-            "target_remote": "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name }}",
-            "target_branch": "${{ needs.release-patch-setup.outputs.release_branch }}"
-          }' | ./tools/github/workflow/mergetest.py
-      - name: Build images
-        id: images
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          docker login https://ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} -p ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          i=0; until [ "$i" -ge 3 ]; do
-            IMAGES=$(echo '${{ toJson(matrix.cfg) }}' | DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 ./tools/test/build_images.py \
-                --cache-repo ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }} \
-                --branch "${{ needs.release-patch-setup.outputs.release_branch }}" ./etc/docker/test || echo "")
-            if [[ -n $IMAGES ]]; then break;
-            else
-              i=$((i+1)); sleep 5;
-              echo "::warning::Building images failed, retrying…"
-            fi
-          done
-          docker logout https://ghcr.io
-          if [[ -z "$IMAGES" ]]; then echo "::error::Building images failed ultimately"; exit 1; fi
-          echo "images=$IMAGES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Run test with cfg
-        run: 'echo ''{"matrix": ${{ toJson(matrix.cfg) }}, "images": ${{ steps.images.outputs.images }} }'' | ./tools/test/run_tests.py'
diff --git a/tools/github/workflow/mergetest.py b/tools/github/workflow/mergetest.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 58d284b691..0000000000
--- a/tools/github/workflow/mergetest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) since 2012
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import json
-import os
-import pathlib
-import sys
-
-import sh
-from sh import git
-
-
-def get_github_url():
-    return os.environ.get('GITHUB_URL', default='https://github.com')
-
-
-def add_or_set_git_remote(remote_name, remote_uri):
-    if remote_name in str(git.remote()).splitlines(keepends=False):
-        git.remote("set-url", remote_name, remote_uri)
-    else:
-        git.remote.add(remote_name, remote_uri)
-
-
-def set_git_author_info(name: str, email: str):
-    git.config("user.name", name)
-    git.config("user.email", email)
-
-
-def main():
-    options = json.load(sys.stdin)
-
-    github_remote_url = f"{get_github_url()}/{options['target_remote']}.git"
-    if len(list(pathlib.Path('.').iterdir())) > 0:
-        print("Found existing files in work directory", file=sys.stderr)
-        assert pathlib.Path('.git').exists(), "if files are present in the work dir, it must be a git work tree"
-        remote = "origin"
-        if options["source_remote_name"] == remote:
-            remote = remote + "2"
-        add_or_set_git_remote(remote, github_remote_url)
-        print(f"Fetching from {github_remote_url}", file=sys.stderr)
-        git.fetch(remote)
-        print(f"Checking out {options['target_branch']} from {remote}/{options['target_branch']}", file=sys.stderr)
-        git.checkout("-B", options['target_branch'], f"{remote}/{options['target_branch']}")
-        print(f"Cleaning work tree", file=sys.stderr)
-        git.reset("--hard", "HEAD")
-        git.clean("-fdx")
-    else:
-        print(f"Cloning {options['target_branch']} from {github_remote_url}", file=sys.stderr)
-        git.clone("--branch", options['target_branch'], github_remote_url, ".")
-
-    if options['target_remote'] != options['source_remote']:
-        source_remote_name = options['source_remote_name']
-        add_or_set_git_remote(source_remote_name, f"{get_github_url()}/{options['source_remote']}.git")
-        print(f"Fetching from {get_github_url()}/{options['source_remote']}.git", file=sys.stderr)
-        git.fetch(source_remote_name)
-
-    set_git_author_info(f"GitHub Action {os.environ['GITHUB_ACTION']}", "action@localhost")
-
-    try:
-        git("cherry-pick", options['source_commits'])
-        print(f"Source commits ({options['source_commits']}) were successfully cherry-picked "
-              f"onto {options['target_remote']}:{options['target_branch']}", file=sys.stderr)
-    except sh.ErrorReturnCode:
-        print(f"Source commits ({options['source_commits']}) could not be cherry-picked "
-              f"onto {options['target_remote']}:{options['target_branch']}", file=sys.stderr)
-        raise
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/tools/github/workflow/prcommits.py b/tools/github/workflow/prcommits.py
deleted file mode 100755
index ab659bfd09..0000000000
--- a/tools/github/workflow/prcommits.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) since 2012
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-import json
-import sys
-import urllib.request
-
-from util import req_json, get_next_link
-
-
-def main():
-    commits_url = sys.stdin.read().strip()
-
-    def allcommits():
-        next_link = commits_url
-        while next_link:
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req_json(next_link)) as answer:
-                commits = json.load(answer)
-                shalist = map(lambda c: c["sha"], commits)
-                next_link = get_next_link(answer)
-            yield from shalist
-
-    commit_list = list(allcommits())
-    print(f"{commit_list[0]}^..{commit_list[-1]}")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()