diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 88c7a74768..f57a7d4ec0 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -12,142 +12,6 @@ clone:
       submodule_update_remote: true
 
 pipeline:
-  # use minimum supported rust version for most steps
-  cargo_fmt:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    environment:
-      # store cargo data in repo folder so that it gets cached between steps
-      CARGO_HOME: .cargo
-    commands:
-      # need make existing toolchain available
-      - cp ~/.cargo . -r
-      - rustup toolchain install nightly
-      - rustup component add rustfmt --toolchain nightly
-      - cargo +nightly fmt -- --check
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  # check each package to make sure they compile with default features.
-  # this is required for crates.io
-  cargo_check:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    environment:
-      CARGO_HOME: .cargo
-    commands:
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_utils
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_db_schema
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_db_views
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_db_views_actor
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_db_views_moderator
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_api_common
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_api
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_api_crud
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_apub
-      - cargo check --package lemmy_routes
-      - cargo check --workspace
-      - cargo check --workspace --features console
-      # disabled because it takes too long with pict-rs
-      #- cargo check --workspace --all-features
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  cargo_clippy:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    environment:
-      CARGO_HOME: .cargo
-    commands:
-        # latest rust for clippy to get extra checks
-        # when adding new clippy lints, make sure to also add them in scripts/fix-clippy.sh
-      - rustup component add clippy
-      - cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-targets --features console --
-          -D warnings -D deprecated -D clippy::perf -D clippy::complexity 
-          -D clippy::style -D clippy::correctness -D clippy::suspicious
-          -D clippy::dbg_macro -D clippy::inefficient_to_string 
-          -D clippy::items-after-statements -D clippy::implicit_clone 
-          -D clippy::wildcard_imports -D clippy::cast_lossless 
-          -D clippy::manual_string_new -D clippy::redundant_closure_for_method_calls 
-          -D clippy::unused_self
-          -A clippy::uninlined_format_args
-          -D clippy::get_first
-      - cargo clippy --workspace --features console -- 
-        -D clippy::unwrap_used
-        -D clippy::indexing_slicing
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  lemmy_api_common_doesnt_depend_on_diesel:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    environment:
-      CARGO_HOME: .cargo
-    commands:
-      - "! cargo tree -p lemmy_api_common --no-default-features -i diesel"
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  check_defaults_hjson_updated:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    environment:
-      CARGO_HOME: .cargo
-    commands:
-      - export LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./config/config.hjson
-      - ./scripts/update_config_defaults.sh config/defaults_current.hjson
-      - diff config/defaults.hjson config/defaults_current.hjson
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  cargo_test:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    environment:
-      LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432/lemmy
-      RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"
-      RUST_TEST_THREADS: "1"
-      CARGO_HOME: .cargo
-    commands:
-      - export LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=../../config/config.hjson
-      - cargo test --workspace --no-fail-fast
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  cargo_build:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    environment:
-      CARGO_HOME: .cargo
-    commands:
-      - cargo build
-      - mv target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/debug/lemmy_server target/lemmy_server
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  run_federation_tests:
-    image: node:alpine
-    environment:
-      LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://lemmy:password@database:5432
-      DO_WRITE_HOSTS_FILE: "1"
-    commands:
-      - apk add bash curl postgresql-client
-      - bash api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
-      - cd api_tests/
-      - yarn
-      - yarn api-test
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
-
-  nightly_build:
-    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx
-    settings:
-      repo: dessalines/lemmy
-      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.multiarch
-      platforms: linux/arm64,amd64
-      build_args: RUST_RELEASE_MODE=release
-      username:
-        from_secret: docker_username
-      password:
-        from_secret: docker_password
-      tag: dev
-    when:
-      event:
-        - cron
-
   publish_release_docker_image:
     image: woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx
     settings:
@@ -155,48 +19,4 @@ pipeline:
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.multiarch
       platforms: linux/arm64,amd64
       build_args: RUST_RELEASE_MODE=release
-      username:
-        from_secret: docker_username
-      password:
-        from_secret: docker_password
-      auto_tag: true
-    when:
-      event: tag
-
-  # using https://github.com/pksunkara/cargo-workspaces
-  publish_to_crates_io:
-    image: *muslrust_image
-    commands:
-      - cargo install cargo-workspaces
-      - cp -r migrations crates/db_schema/
-      - cargo login "$CARGO_API_TOKEN"
-      - cargo workspaces publish --from-git --allow-dirty --no-verify --allow-branch "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}" --yes custom "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
-    secrets: [cargo_api_token]
-    when:
-      event: tag
-      #platform: linux/amd64
-
-  notify_on_failure:
-    image: alpine:3
-    commands: 
-      - apk add curl
-      - "curl -d'Drone build failed: ${CI_BUILD_LINK}' ntfy.sh/lemmy_drone_ci"
-    when:
-      status: [ failure ]
-
-  notify_on_tag_deploy:
-    image: alpine:3
-    commands: 
-      - apk add curl
-      - "curl -d'lemmy:${CI_COMMIT_TAG} deployed' ntfy.sh/lemmy_drone_ci"
-    when:
-      event: tag
-
-services:
-  database:
-    image: postgres:15-alpine
-    environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: lemmy
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
-    # when:
-    #   platform: linux/amd64
+      dry-run: true