diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-checks.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5267f713..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-checks.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Helm Config Check
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - 'helm/**'
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    paths:
-      - 'helm/**'
-
-jobs:
-  helm-config-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Helm
-        uses: azure/setup-helm@v3
-
-      - name: Lint Helm Chart
-        run: |
-          helm lint ./helm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 178679f1..13b6dd03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -62,22 +62,6 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           tags: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.semver.outputs.nextStrict }}, ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:latest
 
-      - name: Set Helm Chart Version
-        env:
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-        run: |
-          echo "Setting version ${{ steps.semver.outputs.nextStrict }}..."
-          sed -i -r -e "s|^version: .*$|version: '${{ steps.semver.outputs.nextStrict }}'|" helm/Chart.yaml
-          sed -i -r -e "s|^appVersion: ".*"$|appVersion: '${{ steps.semver.outputs.nextStrict }}'|" helm/Chart.yaml
-
-
-      - name: Package and Push Chart
-        run: |
-          helm plugin install https://github.com/chartmuseum/helm-push.git
-          helm repo add chartmuseum https://charts.ietf.org
-          helm cm-push --version="${{ steps.semver.outputs.nextStrict }}" --username="${{ secrets.HELM_REPO_USERNAME }}" --password="${{ secrets.HELM_REPO_PASSWORD }}" helm/ chartmuseum
-          helm repo remove chartmuseum
-
       - name: Update CHANGELOG
         id: changelog
         uses: requarks/changelog-action@v1
diff --git a/helm/.helmignore b/helm/.helmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e8a0eb3..00000000
--- a/helm/.helmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
-# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
-# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
-.DS_Store
-# Common VCS dirs
-.git/
-.gitignore
-.bzr/
-.bzrignore
-.hg/
-.hgignore
-.svn/
-# Common backup files
-*.swp
-*.bak
-*.tmp
-*.orig
-*~
-# Various IDEs
-.project
-.idea/
-*.tmproj
-.vscode/
diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6adcc0a0..00000000
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v2
-name: bibxml-service
-description: IETF BibXML web service
-
-# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
-#
-# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
-# to be deployed.
-#
-# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
-# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
-# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
-type: application
-
-# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
-# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
-# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-
-version: 0.1.0
-
-# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
-# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
-# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
-# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "1.0.1"
diff --git a/helm/templates/NOTES.txt b/helm/templates/NOTES.txt
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index 892e8dc7..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
-{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled }}
-{{- range $host := .Values.ingress.hosts }}
-  {{- range .paths }}
-  http{{ if $.Values.ingress.tls }}s{{ end }}://{{ $host.host }}{{ .path }}
-  {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- else if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
-  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ include "helm.fullname" . }})
-  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
-  echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
-{{- else if contains "LoadBalancer" .Values.service.type }}
-     NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the LoadBalancer IP to be available.
-           You can watch the status of by running 'kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} svc -w {{ include "helm.fullname" . }}'
-  export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ include "helm.fullname" . }} --template "{{"{{ range (index .status.loadBalancer.ingress 0) }}{{.}}{{ end }}"}}")
-  echo http://$SERVICE_IP:{{ .Values.service.port }}
-{{- else if contains "ClusterIP" .Values.service.type }}
-  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l "app.kubernetes.io/name={{ include "helm.name" . }},app.kubernetes.io/instance={{ .Release.Name }}" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
-  export CONTAINER_PORT=$(kubectl get pod --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} $POD_NAME -o jsonpath="{.spec.containers[0].ports[0].containerPort}")
-  echo "Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 to use your application"
-  kubectl --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index ba04c300..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-Expand the name of the chart.
-*/}}
-{{- define "helm.name" -}}
-{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Create a default fully qualified app name.
-We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
-If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
-*/}}
-{{- define "helm.fullname" -}}
-{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
-{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- else }}
-{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride }}
-{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
-{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- else }}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
-*/}}
-{{- define "helm.chart" -}}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Common labels
-*/}}
-{{- define "helm.labels" -}}
-helm.sh/chart: {{ include "helm.chart" . }}
-{{ include "helm.selectorLabels" . }}
-{{- if .Chart.AppVersion }}
-app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
-{{- end }}
-app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Selector labels
-*/}}
-{{- define "helm.selectorLabels" -}}
-app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "helm.name" . }}
-app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-{{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Create the name of the service account to use
-*/}}
-{{- define "helm.serviceAccountName" -}}
-{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create }}
-{{- default (include "helm.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
-{{- else }}
-{{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
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index b5dc661f..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "helm.fullname" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "helm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
-  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
-  {{- end }}
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      {{- include "helm.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
-      annotations:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      labels:
-        {{- include "helm.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- with .Values.podLabels }}
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- end }}
-    spec:
-      {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
-      imagePullSecrets:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      serviceAccountName: {{ include "helm.serviceAccountName" . }}
-      securityContext:
-        {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
-      containers:
-        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-app
-          securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
-          ports:
-            - name: http
-              containerPort: {{ .Values.service.port }}
-              protocol: TCP
-          resources:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- with .Values.volumeMounts }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          env:
-            {{- range $key, $val := .Values.env }}
-            - name: {{ $key }}
-              value: {{ $val | quote -}}
-            {{ end }}
-            - name: SNAPSHOT
-              value: "{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}"
-          command:
-          - /bin/sh
-          - -c
-          - |
-            python manage.py migrate &&
-            python manage.py check --deploy &&
-            python manage.py clear_cache &&
-            hypercorn -b '0.0.0.0:8000' -w 1 bibxml.asgi:application
-        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-celery
-          securityContext:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
-          resources:
-            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- with .Values.volumeMounts }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          env:
-            {{- range $key, $val := .Values.env }}
-            - name: {{ $key }}
-              value: {{ $val | quote -}}
-            {{ end }}
-            - name: SNAPSHOT
-              value: "{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}"
-          command:
-            - /bin/sh
-            - -c
-            - |
-              celery -A sources.celery:app worker -B -l info -c 1
-        - name: redis
-          image: "redis:{{ .Values.image.tag | default "5.0.4" }}"
-          command:
-            - redis-server
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
-          ports:
-            - name: redis
-              containerPort: 6379
-              protocol: TCP
-      {{- with .Values.volumes }}
-      volumes:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
-      nodeSelector:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.affinity }}
-      affinity:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
-      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
-      tolerations:
-        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/hpa.yaml b/helm/templates/hpa.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 28c087ea..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/hpa.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
-apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
-kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "helm.fullname" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "helm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  scaleTargetRef:
-    apiVersion: apps/v1
-    kind: Deployment
-    name: {{ include "helm.fullname" . }}
-  minReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.minReplicas }}
-  maxReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
-  metrics:
-    {{- if .Values.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
-    - type: Resource
-      resource:
-        name: cpu
-        target:
-          type: Utilization
-          averageUtilization: {{ .Values.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
-    {{- end }}
-    {{- if .Values.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
-    - type: Resource
-      resource:
-        name: memory
-        target:
-          type: Utilization
-          averageUtilization: {{ .Values.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
-    {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/ingress.yaml b/helm/templates/ingress.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 014f7c6b..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
-{{- $fullName := include "helm.fullname" . -}}
-{{- $svcPort := .Values.service.port -}}
-{{- if and .Values.ingress.className (not (semverCompare ">=1.18-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion)) }}
-  {{- if not (hasKey .Values.ingress.annotations "kubernetes.io/ingress.class") }}
-  {{- $_ := set .Values.ingress.annotations "kubernetes.io/ingress.class" .Values.ingress.className}}
-  {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- if semverCompare ">=1.19-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion -}}
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-{{- else if semverCompare ">=1.14-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion -}}
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
-{{- else -}}
-apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
-{{- end }}
-kind: Ingress
-metadata:
-  name: {{ $fullName }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "helm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- with .Values.ingress.annotations }}
-  annotations:
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
-spec:
-  {{- if and .Values.ingress.className (semverCompare ">=1.18-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion) }}
-  ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress.className }}
-  {{- end }}
-  {{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
-  tls:
-    {{- range .Values.ingress.tls }}
-    - hosts:
-        {{- range .hosts }}
-        - {{ . | quote }}
-        {{- end }}
-      secretName: {{ .secretName }}
-    {{- end }}
-  {{- end }}
-  rules:
-    {{- range .Values.ingress.hosts }}
-    - host: {{ .host | quote }}
-      http:
-        paths:
-          {{- range .paths }}
-          - path: {{ .path }}
-            {{- if and .pathType (semverCompare ">=1.18-0" $.Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion) }}
-            pathType: {{ .pathType }}
-            {{- end }}
-            backend:
-              {{- if semverCompare ">=1.19-0" $.Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion }}
-              service:
-                name: {{ $fullName }}
-                port:
-                  number: {{ $svcPort }}
-              {{- else }}
-              serviceName: {{ $fullName }}
-              servicePort: {{ $svcPort }}
-              {{- end }}
-          {{- end }}
-    {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/service.yaml b/helm/templates/service.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dfddebd8..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/service.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "helm.fullname" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "helm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
-  ports:
-    - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
-      targetPort: {{ .Values.service.targetPort }}
-      protocol: TCP
-      name: http
-  selector:
-    {{- include "helm.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/helm/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4704655..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "helm.serviceAccountName" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "helm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- with .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
-  annotations:
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-  {{- end }}
-automountServiceAccountToken: {{ .Values.serviceAccount.automount }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml b/helm/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
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index bf1c65f2..00000000
--- a/helm/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: "{{ include "helm.fullname" . }}-test-connection"
-  labels:
-    {{- include "helm.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/hook": test
-spec:
-  containers:
-    - name: wget
-      image: busybox
-      command: ['wget']
-      args: ['{{ include "helm.fullname" . }}:{{ .Values.service.port }}']
-  restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c01cc34b..00000000
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-# Default values for helm.
-# This is a YAML-formatted file.
-# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
-
-replicaCount: 1
-
-image:
-  repository: "ghcr.io/ietf-tools/bibxml-service"
-  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
-  #tag: ""
-
-imagePullSecrets: []
-nameOverride: ""
-fullnameOverride: ""
-
-serviceAccount:
-  # Specifies whether a service account should be created
-  create: true
-  # Automatically mount a ServiceAccount's API credentials?
-  automount: true
-  # Annotations to add to the service account
-  annotations: {}
-  # The name of the service account to use.
-  # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
-  name: ""
-
-podAnnotations: {}
-podLabels: {}
-
-podSecurityContext: {}
-  # fsGroup: 2000
-
-securityContext: {}
-  # capabilities:
-  #   drop:
-  #   - ALL
-  # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-  # runAsNonRoot: true
-  # runAsUser: 1000
-
-service:
-  type: ClusterIP
-  port: 80
-  targetPort: 8000
-
-ingress:
-  enabled: false
-  className: ""
-  annotations: {}
-    # kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
-    # kubernetes.io/tls-acme: "true"
-  hosts:
-    - host: chart-example.local
-      paths:
-        - path: /
-          pathType: ImplementationSpecific
-  tls: []
-  #  - secretName: chart-example-tls
-  #    hosts:
-  #      - chart-example.local
-
-resources: {}
-  # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
-  # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
-  # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
-  # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
-  # limits:
-  #   cpu: 100m
-  #   memory: 128Mi
-  # requests:
-  #   cpu: 100m
-  #   memory: 128Mi
-
-livenessProbe:
-  httpGet:
-    path: /
-    port: http
-readinessProbe:
-  httpGet:
-    path: /
-    port: http
-
-autoscaling:
-  enabled: false
-  minReplicas: 1
-  maxReplicas: 100
-  targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
-  # targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
-
-# Additional volumes on the output Deployment definition.
-volumes:
-  - name: datasets
-    emptyDir:
-      sizeLimit: 5Gi
-
-# Additional volumeMounts on the output Deployment definition.
-volumeMounts:
-  - name: datasets
-    mountPath: /data/datasets
-
-nodeSelector: {}
-
-tolerations: []
-
-affinity: {}
-
-env:
-  PRIMARY_HOSTNAME: "bib.ietf.org"
-  INTERNAL_HOSTNAMES: "localhost,127.0.0.1"
-  DEBUG: "0"
-  SOURCE_REPO_URL: "https://github.com/ietf-tools/bibxml-service"
-  DJANGO_SECRET: "SomeLongRandomString"
-  API_SECRET: "ItsASecret"
-  EXTRA_API_SECRETS: "ItsASecret"
-  DB_HOST: "HOSTNAMEHERE"
-  DB_PORT: "5432"
-  DB_USER: "bibxml"
-  DB_NAME: "bibxml"
-  DB_SECRET: "bibxml"
-  SERVICE_NAME: "IETF BibXML Service"
-  CONTACT_EMAIL: "tools-help@ietf.org"
-  SERVER_EMAIL: "support@ietf.org"
-  SENTRY_DSN: ""
-  MATOMO_URL: "analytics.ietf.org"
-  MATOMO_SITE_ID: ""
-  MATOMO_TAG_MANAGER_CONTAINER: ""
-  DATATRACKER_CLIENT_ID: "0"
-  DATATRACKER_CLIENT_SECRET: "0"
-  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
-  DATASET_TMP_ROOT: "/data/datasets"
-  CELERY_BROKER_URL: "redis://localhost:6379"
-  CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: "redis://localhost:6379"
-  REDIS_HOST: "localhost"
-  REDIS_PORT: "6379"
-  AUTO_REINDEX_INTERVAL: "5400"
-  PORT: "8000"