diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea.yaml
index 0dfc08d394..06705a7068 100644
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea.yaml
+++ b/inventory/service/group_vars/gitea.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ gitea_gerrit_public_key_A: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAACAQCIEIT8l3h/BoIzK
 gitea_gerrit_public_key_B: ssh-rsa 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 gerrit@gitea.opendev.org-20231130
 iptables_extra_public_tcp_ports:
   - 222
-  - 3000
   - 3080
   - 3081  # see above; reverse proxy