diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/publish.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/publish.yaml
index 6a96701..38740bd 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           cp -r site/* build/.
       - name: Building Header Image
         run: |
-          go run ./cmd/fetch-header-image -o build/imgs/header.jpg \
-            -out-data build/data/current-pending-images.json
+          go run ./cmd/fetch-header-image -o build/imgs/header.jpg
       - name: Deploying Site
         run: |          
           netlify deploy --dir build --prod
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/fetch-header-image/main.go b/cmd/fetch-header-image/main.go
index b4df8fb..b31fafb 100644
--- a/cmd/fetch-header-image/main.go
+++ b/cmd/fetch-header-image/main.go
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	headerImages := flag.String("i", "data/pending-header-images.json", "header images json file")
-	currentPendingImage := flag.String("curr-image-data", "", "current header image URL")
 	targetFile := flag.String("o", "out.jpg", "target file")
-	odFile := flag.String("out-data", "out-data.json", "target file data")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	pis, err := LoadPendingImages(*headerImages)
@@ -32,17 +30,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	log.Printf("found pending image: %s\n", pi.URL)
 
-	if *currentPendingImage != "" {
-		if cpi, err := LoadPendingImageFromURL(*currentPendingImage); err == nil {
-			if pi.URL == cpi.URL {
-				log.Println("current pending image is already the latest")
-				return
-			}
-		} else {
-			log.Printf("warn: failed to load current pending image: %s\n", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	if err := fetchHeaderImageFromURL(*targetFile, pi); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -52,10 +39,6 @@ func main() {
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(&dBfr).Encode(pi); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-
-	if err := os.WriteFile(*odFile, dBfr.Bytes(), 0644); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
 }
 
 func fetchHeaderImageFromURL(outFile string, pi PendingImage) error {
diff --git a/cmd/fetch-header-image/models.go b/cmd/fetch-header-image/models.go
index f00fd97..0fc1cc1 100644
--- a/cmd/fetch-header-image/models.go
+++ b/cmd/fetch-header-image/models.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
@@ -11,31 +9,12 @@ import (
 
 const CropBottom = "bottom"
 
-var ErrNon200Error = errors.New("non 200 status code")
-
 type PendingImage struct {
 	Date time.Time `json:"date"`
 	URL  string    `json:"url"`
 	Crop string    `json:"crop"`
 }
 
-func LoadPendingImageFromURL(url string) (pi PendingImage, err error) {
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
-	if err != nil {
-		return PendingImage{}, err
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return PendingImage{}, ErrNon200Error
-	}
-
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&pi); err != nil {
-		return PendingImage{}, err
-	}
-	return pi, nil
-}
-
 type PendingImages struct {
 	Images []PendingImage `json:"images"`
 }