diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d7a726269..0000000000
--- a/.github/FUNDING.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-custom: [ 'https://openwrt.org/donate' ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_helpers.sh b/.github/workflows/ci_helpers.sh
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index 2f9daf81e2..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_helpers.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-color_out() {
-	printf "\e[0;$1m%s\e[0;0m\n" "$2"
-}
-
-success() {
-	color_out 32 "$1"
-}
-
-info() {
-	color_out 36 "$1"
-}
-
-err() {
-	color_out 31 "$1"
-}
-
-warn() {
-	color_out 33 "$1"
-}
-
-err_die() {
-	err "$1"
-	exit 1
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/formal.yml b/.github/workflows/formal.yml
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index 74e8fd6942..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/formal.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-name: Test Formalities
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Test Formalities
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Determine branch name
-        run: |
-          BRANCH="${GITHUB_BASE_REF#refs/heads/}"
-          echo "Building for $BRANCH"
-          echo "BRANCH=$BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Test formalities
-        run: |
-          source .github/workflows/ci_helpers.sh
-
-          RET=0
-          for commit in $(git rev-list HEAD ^origin/$BRANCH); do
-            info "=== Checking commit '$commit'"
-            if git show --format='%P' -s $commit | grep -qF ' '; then
-              err "Pull request should not include merge commits"
-              RET=1
-            fi
-
-            author="$(git show -s --format=%aN $commit)"
-            if echo $author | grep -q '\S\+\s\+\S\+'; then
-              success "Author name ($author) seems ok"
-            else
-              err "Author name ($author) need to be your real name 'firstname lastname'"
-              RET=1
-            fi
-
-            subject="$(git show -s --format=%s $commit)"
-            if echo "$subject" | grep -q -e '^[0-9A-Za-z,+/_-]\+: ' -e '^Revert '; then
-              success "Commit subject line seems ok ($subject)"
-            else
-              err "Commit subject line MUST start with '<area>: ' ($subject)"
-              RET=1
-            fi
-
-            body="$(git show -s --format=%b $commit)"
-            sob="$(git show -s --format='Signed-off-by: %aN <%aE>' $commit)"
-            if echo "$body" | grep -qF "$sob"; then
-              success "Signed-off-by match author"
-            else
-              err "Signed-off-by is missing or doesn't match author (should be '$sob')"
-              RET=1
-            fi
-
-            if echo "$body" | grep -v "Signed-off-by:"; then
-              success "A commit message exists"
-            else
-              err "Missing commit message. Please describe your changes"
-              RET=1
-            fi
-          done
-
-          exit $RET