diff --git a/scripts/download_hash.py b/scripts/download_hash.py
index 1cedb10e1c7bc62aa67f99ff70ba4e9fbee64772..281885054718e7a8e06f8ca5f6fc27c3ead06a8f 100644
--- a/scripts/download_hash.py
+++ b/scripts/download_hash.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-from itertools import count, groupby
+from itertools import groupby
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import cache
 import argparse
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ def open_checksums_yaml():
 
     return data, yaml
 
-def version_compare(version):
-    return Version(version.removeprefix("v"))
-
 downloads = {
     "calicoctl_binary": {
         'url': "https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/releases/download/v{version}/SHA256SUMS",
@@ -219,58 +216,6 @@ def download_hash(only_downloads: [str]) -> None:
             return (hash_file.content.decode().split()[0])
 
 
-    for download, url in (downloads if only_downloads == []
-                          else {k:downloads[k] for k in downloads.keys() & only_downloads}).items():
-        checksum_name = f"{download}_checksums"
-        # Propagate new patch versions to all architectures
-        for arch in data[checksum_name].values():
-            for arch2 in data[checksum_name].values():
-                arch.update({
-                    v:("NONE" if arch2[v] == "NONE" else 0)
-                    for v in (set(arch2.keys()) - set(arch.keys()))
-                    if v.split('.')[2] == '0'})
-                    # this is necessary to make the script indempotent,
-                    # by only adding a vX.X.0 version (=minor release) in each arch
-                    # and letting the rest of the script populate the potential
-                    # patch versions
-
-        for arch, versions in data[checksum_name].items():
-            for minor, patches in groupby(versions.copy().keys(), lambda v : '.'.join(v.split('.')[:-1])):
-                for version in (f"{minor}.{patch}" for patch in
-                                count(start=int(max(patches, key=version_compare).split('.')[-1]),
-                                      step=1)):
-                    # Those barbaric generators do the following:
-                    # Group all patches versions by minor number, take the newest and start from that
-                    # to find new versions
-                    if version in versions and versions[version] != 0:
-                        continue
-                    if download in download_hash_extract:
-                        hashes = _get_hash_by_arch(download, version)
-                        if hashes == None:
-                            break
-                        sha256sum = hashes.get(arch)
-                        if sha256sum == None:
-                            break
-                    else:
-                        hash_file = s.get(downloads[download].format(
-                            version = version,
-                            os = "linux",
-                            arch = arch
-                            ),
-                         allow_redirects=True)
-                        if hash_file.status_code == 404:
-                            print(f"Unable to find {download} hash file for version {version} (arch: {arch}) at {hash_file.url}")
-                            break
-                        hash_file.raise_for_status()
-                        sha256sum = hash_file.content.decode().split()[0]
-
-                    if len(sha256sum) != 64:
-                        raise Exception(f"Checksum has an unexpected length: {len(sha256sum)} (binary: {download}, arch: {arch}, release: {version}, checksum: '{sha256sum}')")
-                    data[checksum_name][arch][version] = sha256sum
-        data[checksum_name] = {arch : {r : releases[r] for r in sorted(releases.keys(),
-                                                  key=version_compare,
-                                                  reverse=True)}
-                               for arch, releases in data[checksum_name].items()}
 
     with open(CHECKSUMS_YML, "w") as checksums_yml:
         yaml.dump(data, checksums_yml)