diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 952bcfc..ed1e8bb 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ jobs:
           ENCODED_NAME=$(printf '%s' "${{ steps.version.outputs.package_name }}" | sed 's#/#%2F#g')
           STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -u "haylan:${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}" -X POST "https://git.arthurerlich.de/api/v1/packages/haylan/composer/${ENCODED_NAME}/-/link/AeonDumpManager")
           echo "link status: $STATUS"
-          if [ "$STATUS" != "201" ]; then
-            echo "::warning::Failed to link the Composer package to this repository (HTTP $STATUS) - not fatal, release already published"
+          if [ "$STATUS" != "201" ] && [ "$STATUS" != "400" ]; then
+            echo "::warning::Unexpected status linking the Composer package to this repository (HTTP $STATUS) - not fatal, release already published"
           fi
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test-link.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test-link.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a5630c5..0000000
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test-link.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-name: test-link
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Test link endpoint with RELEASE_TOKEN
-        run: |
-          STATUS=$(curl -s -o /tmp/out.log -w "%{http_code}" -u "haylan:${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}" -X POST "https://git.arthurerlich.de/api/v1/packages/haylan/composer/aeon%2Fdump-manager/-/link/AeonDumpManager")
-          echo "status: $STATUS"
-          cat /tmp/out.log