diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a16dfbb11c..de8136feb8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ GOMOCK_PACKAGE ?= go.uber.org/mock/mockgen@v0.4.0 # renovate: datasource=go
 GOPLS_PACKAGE ?= golang.org/x/tools/gopls@v0.16.1 # renovate: datasource=go
 RENOVATE_NPM_PACKAGE ?= renovate@38.25.0 # renovate: datasource=docker packageName=code.forgejo.org/forgejo-contrib/renovate
 
-DOCKER_IMAGE ?= gitea/gitea
-DOCKER_TAG ?= latest
-DOCKER_REF := $(DOCKER_IMAGE):$(DOCKER_TAG)
-
 ifeq ($(HAS_GO), yes)
 	CGO_EXTRA_CFLAGS := -DSQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER=32766
 	CGO_CFLAGS ?= $(shell $(GO) env CGO_CFLAGS) $(CGO_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
@@ -894,11 +890,6 @@ release-sources: | $(DIST_DIRS)
 release-docs: | $(DIST_DIRS) docs
 	tar -czf $(DIST)/release/gitea-docs-$(VERSION).tar.gz -C ./docs .
 
-.PHONY: docker
-docker:
-	docker build --disable-content-trust=false -t $(DOCKER_REF) .
-# support also build args docker build --build-arg GITEA_VERSION=v1.2.3 --build-arg TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"  .
-
 ###
 # Dependency management
 ###