diff --git a/.github/calendar.yml b/.github/calendar.yml
index d8adda455ea9e67fadc23112793cfd0b7756af3b..c16629591f2730b7743a82e2add8db1e79b0ded3 100644
--- a/.github/calendar.yml
+++ b/.github/calendar.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@
   '2018-05-10 12:00, US/Pacific':    'release', # 1.23.1
   '2018-05-15 12:00, US/Pacific':    'development',
   '2018-05-28 18:00, US/Pacific':    'endgame',
+  # 'release' not needed anymore, return to 'development' after releasing 1.24.0:
+  # '2018-06-06 18:00, US/Pacific':    'development',
 }
diff --git a/.github/new_release.yml b/.github/new_release.yml
index 57bb4e0498daf9b0b19687669dbcf41174304586..a17089e852d8e8331aea34a69f3f46353e8b6987 100644
--- a/.github/new_release.yml
+++ b/.github/new_release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     newReleaseLabel: 'new release',
     newReleaseColor: '006b75',
-    action: 'remove',
+    daysAfterRelease: 7,
     perform: true
 }
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diff --git a/.github/release/new_release.yml b/.github/release/new_release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ea9a57986b127cc79bfb4d54194444f2a225181e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.github/release/new_release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-    newReleaseLabel: 'new release',
-    newReleaseColor: '006b75',
-    action: 'add',
-    perform: true
-}
\ No newline at end of file