diff --git a/routers/api/v1/api.go b/routers/api/v1/api.go
index 855fac6acb..425b033c83 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/api.go
@@ -1543,8 +1543,6 @@ func Routes() *web.Router {
 				}, reqAnyRepoReader())
 				m.Get("/metadata", repo.GetRepoMetadata)
 				m.Put("/metadata", reqToken(), reqAdmin(), repo.UpdateRepoMetadata)
-				m.Get("/manifest", repo.GetRepoMetadata) // backward compat
-				m.Put("/manifest", reqToken(), reqAdmin(), repo.UpdateRepoMetadata)
 				// MokoGitea badge engine
 				m.Get("/badge/{type}.svg", repo.GetRepoBadge)
 				m.Get("/issue_templates", reqRepoReader(unit.TypeCode), context.ReferencesGitRepo(), repo.GetIssueTemplates)