diff --git a/.git-crypt/.gitattributes b/.git-crypt/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index 665b10e8f0..0000000000
--- a/.git-crypt/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Do not edit this file.  To specify the files to encrypt, create your own
-# .gitattributes file in the directory where your files are.
-* !filter !diff
-*.gpg binary
diff --git a/.git-crypt/keys/default/0/106E1EB7856273777A0C8BB4EF8EA444C1E7B69C.gpg b/.git-crypt/keys/default/0/106E1EB7856273777A0C8BB4EF8EA444C1E7B69C.gpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b89be16e..0000000000
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diff --git a/.git-crypt/keys/default/0/91D8EDBE6BD70DFB803D59292470ADBDD426DEB5.gpg b/.git-crypt/keys/default/0/91D8EDBE6BD70DFB803D59292470ADBDD426DEB5.gpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 3da4a7ec9c..0000000000
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diff --git a/.git-crypt/keys/default/0/E08F802F45946A6A3E16AD1B1609CD53B15C2462.gpg b/.git-crypt/keys/default/0/E08F802F45946A6A3E16AD1B1609CD53B15C2462.gpg
deleted file mode 100644
index 787ec0578d..0000000000
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diff --git a/.git-crypt/provision.sh b/.git-crypt/provision.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2fb9bc08d9..0000000000
--- a/.git-crypt/provision.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Check if gpg is installed
-if ! command -v gpg &> /dev/null; then
-  echo "gpg could not be found. Please install gpg to continue."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check if git-crypt is installed
-if ! command -v git-crypt &> /dev/null; then
-  # Check if /TICI file exists
-  if [ -f "/TICI" ]; then
-    echo "/TICI file detected. Attempting to install git-crypt..."
-    sudo apt update && sudo apt install git-crypt -y
-  else
-    echo "git-crypt could not be found. Please install git-crypt to continue."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Attempt to unlock with git-crypt
-if git-crypt unlock &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "git-crypt unlock successful. You already have access."
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null && pwd)"
-no_prompt=0
-# Attempt to retrieve name and email from git config, default to "undefined"
-name=$(git config --get user.name)
-email=$(git config --get user.email)
-name=${name:-"undefined"}
-email=${email:-"undefined"}
-passphrase=""
-
-# Function to display help message
-show_help() {
-    echo "Usage: $0 [options]"
-    echo ""
-    echo "Options:"
-    echo "  --name <name>             Set the user's name. Default is git config user.name or 'undefined'."
-    echo "  --email <email>           Set the user's email. Default is git config user.email or 'undefined'."
-    echo "  --passphrase <passphrase> Set the passphrase for the GPG key."
-    echo "  --no-prompt               Run without interactive prompts, using defaults or provided values."
-    echo "  -h, --help                Display this help message and exit."
-    echo ""
-    exit 0
-}
-
-# Check for help flag before parsing other arguments
-for arg in "$@"; do
-    case $arg in
-        -h|--help)
-            show_help
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# Parse named arguments
-while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
-    case $1 in
-        --name) name="$2"; shift ;;
-        --email) email="$2"; shift ;;
-        --passphrase) passphrase="$2"; shift ;;
-        --no-prompt) no_prompt=1 ;;
-        *) echo "Unknown parameter passed: $1"; exit 1 ;;
-    esac
-    shift
-done
-
-# No need to prompt for missing information if no-prompt is enabled or defaults are used
-
-# Set protection line based on passphrase
-if [[ -z "$passphrase" ]]; then
-    protection_line="%no-protection"
-else
-    protection_line="Passphrase: $passphrase"
-fi
-
-# Generate and process GPG key
-GPG_OUTPUT=$(echo "
-%echo Generating a basic OpenPGP key
-Key-Type: RSA
-Key-Length: 4096
-Subkey-Type: RSA
-Subkey-Length: 4096
-Name-Real: $name
-Name-Comment: Generated from git config or default
-Name-Email: $email
-Expire-Date: 0
-$protection_line
-%commit
-%echo done
-" | gpg --batch --generate-key - 2>&1)
-
-# Extract and export the key ID
-KEY_ID=$(echo "$GPG_OUTPUT" | grep -o '[0-9A-F]\{40\}' | head -n 1)
-if [ -z "$KEY_ID" ]; then
-    echo "Failed to generate GPG key or extract key ID."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-INSTALL_KEY_PATH=${DIR}/keys/install_new_key_sp
-mkdir -p ${INSTALL_KEY_PATH}
-gpg --export $KEY_ID > ${INSTALL_KEY_PATH}/$KEY_ID.gpg
-git add ${INSTALL_KEY_PATH}/$KEY_ID.gpg
-git commit -m "Add new public key to install."
-git push
-
-echo "Public key exported to ${INSTALL_KEY_PATH}/${KEY_ID}.gpg"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 33d6289f63..f8324710f5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ build:
       when: manual
     - if: $NEW_BRANCH
       when: always
-
+      
 check no source code sent:
   image: alpine
   stage: sanity
diff --git a/release/release_files.py b/release/release_files.py
index 4ae0aad1ed..31d1518d74 100755
--- a/release/release_files.py
+++ b/release/release_files.py
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ sunnypilot_blacklist = [
   "codecov.yml",
   "conftest.py",
   "poetry.lock",
-  ".git-crypt/",
-  ".venv",
 ]
 
 # Merge the blacklists