diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -67,12 +67,8 @@ Here are a few things you can do that will increase the likelihood of your pull
     This mergeback incorporates the changelog updates into `main`, tags the release using the merge commit of the "Merge main into releases/v2" pull request, and bumps the patch version of the CodeQL Action.
 
     Approve the mergeback PR and automerge it.
-1. When the "Merge main into releases/v2" pull request is merged into the `releases/v2` branch, the "Update release branch" workflow will create a "Merge releases/v2 into releases/v1" pull request to merge the changes since the last release into the `releases/v1` release branch.
-    This ensures we keep both the `releases/v1` and `releases/v2` release branches up to date and fully supported.
 
-    Review the checklist items in the pull request description.
-    Once you've checked off all the items, approve the PR and automerge it.
-1. Once the mergeback has been merged to `main` and the "Merge releases/v2 into releases/v1" PR has been merged to `releases/v1`, the release is complete.
+Once the mergeback has been merged to `main`, the release is complete.
 
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