diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 7677a32..a7d9735 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract version changelog
         id: changelog
         run: |
-          # VERSION="${{ steps.tag.outputs.version }}"
           VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')  # read version and trim whitespace
           CHANGELOG_FILE=$(python3 scripts/get_changelog.py $VERSION)