diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 8b8c6371c3..ed71563762 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 2.7.0.0
 
 - Bindists for GHC 9.8.2
+  - Enable many more plugins, making GHC 9.8.2 fully supported
 - Fix refactor code actions for vim
 - Preserve HLint's diagnostic severity
 - Many other bug fixes.
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index f50fc4e7b9..73f887b9fc 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
   - Afterwards, the artifacts are available at: `https://downloads.haskell.org/~hls/haskell-language-server-<version>/`
   - Run `SIGNING_KEY=... ../../release/upload.sh purge_all` to remove CDN caches
 - [ ] create PR to [ghcup-metadata](https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-metadata)
-  - [ ] update `ghcup-0.0.7.yaml` and `ghcup-vanilla-0.0.7.yaml`
+  - [ ] update `ghcup-vanilla-0.0.8.yaml` and `ghcup-vanilla-0.0.7.yaml`
     - can use `sh scripts/release/create-yaml-snippet.sh <version>` to generate a snippet that can be manually inserted into the yaml files
-  - [ ] update `hls-metadata-0.0.1.json`
+  - ~~update `hls-metadata-0.0.1.json`~~ Currently unnecessary, GHCup builds its own HLS binaries and updates that file.
     - utilize `cabal run ghcup-gen -- generate-hls-ghcs -f ghcup-0.0.7.yaml --format json --stdout` in the root of ghcup-metadata repository
   - Be sure to mark the correct latest version and add the 'recommended' tag to the latest release.
 - [ ] get sign-off on release
diff --git a/scripts/release/download-gh-artifacts.sh b/scripts/release/download-gh-artifacts.sh
index fc6638f181..217422eedb 100644
--- a/scripts/release/download-gh-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/download-gh-artifacts.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,21 @@ cd "gh-release-artifacts/haskell-language-server-${RELEASE}"
 # github
 gh release download "$RELEASE"
 
+## We can't do cirrus releases any more, as we build HLS releases with ghcup vanilla binaries.
+## Vanilla means "upstream", aka GHC HQ, and GHC HQ does not provide bindists for FreeBSD.
+## Until we start using ghcup's mainstream distribution channel, we can't even begin to build
+## binaries for FreeBSD. We keep this here for the next generation or when the situation changes.
+##
+## We don't use ghcup's mainstream distribution channel, as we only provide vanilla binaries
+## as requested by the ghcup distribution channel team.
 # cirrus
-curl --fail -L -o "haskell-language-server-${RELEASE}-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz" \
-	"https://api.cirrus-ci.com/v1/artifact/github/haskell/haskell-language-server/bindist/bindist/out/haskell-language-server-${RELEASE}-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz?branch=${RELEASE}"
+# curl --fail -L -o "haskell-language-server-${RELEASE}-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz" \
+# 	"https://api.cirrus-ci.com/v1/artifact/github/haskell/haskell-language-server/bindist/bindist/out/haskell-language-server-${RELEASE}-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz?branch=${RELEASE}"
 
 
 sha256sum haskell-language-server-* > SHA256SUMS
 gpg --detach-sign -u "${SIGNER}" SHA256SUMS
 
-gh release upload "$RELEASE" "haskell-language-server-${RELEASE}-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz" SHA256SUMS SHA256SUMS.sig
+## see comment above
+# gh release upload "$RELEASE" "haskell-language-server-${RELEASE}-x86_64-freebsd.tar.xz" SHA256SUMS SHA256SUMS.sig
+gh release upload "$RELEASE" SHA256SUMS SHA256SUMS.sig