diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 40b53bd48a..7e6a91f9ed 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -65,110 +65,6 @@ environment:
     # List a CI run for each platform first, to have immediate access when there
     # is a need for debugging
 
-    # Ubuntu core tests
-    - ID: Ubu22core
-      # ~30min
-      DTS: >
-          datalad.cli
-          datalad.core
-          datalad.customremotes
-          datalad.dataset
-          datalad.distributed
-          datalad.distribution
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu2204
-      PY: 3.9
-      INSTALL_SYSPKGS: python3-virtualenv
-      CODECOV_BINARY: https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov
-      # system git-annex is way too old, use better one
-      INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex -m datalad/packages
-    # Windows core tests
-    - ID: WinP39core
-      # ~35 min
-      DTS: datalad.core datalad.dataset datalad.runner
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
-      # Python version specification is non-standard on windows
-      PY: 39-x64
-      # TODO: use datalad/git-annex (github release packages) but
-      # it would need setup of a GITHUB_TOKEN to access.
-      # This one is set in master but kept without change in maint for now
-      # INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex -m datalad/packages
-    # MacOS core tests
-    - ID: MacP39core
-      # ~40min
-      DTS: datalad.core datalad.dataset datalad.runner datalad.support
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: macos-monterey
-      PY: 3.9
-      # does not give a functional installation - needs env/PATH adjustment
-      # INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex -m snapshot
-      #INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex=8.20201129
-      INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex -m datalad/packages
-      DATALAD_LOCATIONS_SOCKETS: /Users/appveyor/DLTMP/sockets
-      CODECOV_BINARY: https://cli.codecov.io/v0.7.4/macos/codecov
-
-    # Additional test runs
-    - ID: Ubu22a1
-      # ~30min
-      DTS: >
-          datalad.downloaders
-          datalad.interface
-          datalad.local
-          datalad.runner
-          datalad.support
-          datalad.tests
-          datalad.ui
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu2204
-      PY: 3.9
-      INSTALL_SYSPKGS: python3-virtualenv
-      CODECOV_BINARY: https://uploader.codecov.io/latest/linux/codecov
-      # system git-annex is way too old, use better one
-      INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex -m datalad/packages
-    - ID: WinP39a1
-      # ~40min
-      DTS: >
-          datalad.cli
-          datalad.customremotes
-          datalad.distribution
-          datalad.distributed
-          datalad.downloaders
-          datalad.interface
-          datalad.tests
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
-      PY: 39-x64
-    - ID: WinP39a2
-      # ~45min
-      DTS: >
-          datalad.local
-          datalad.support
-          datalad.ui
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
-      PY: 39-x64
-
-    - ID: MacP39a1
-      # ~40min
-      DTS: >
-          datalad.cli
-          datalad.customremotes
-          datalad.distribution
-          datalad.downloaders
-          datalad.interface
-          datalad.tests
-          datalad.ui
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: macos-monterey
-      PY: 3.9
-      INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex -m datalad/packages
-      DATALAD_LOCATIONS_SOCKETS: /Users/appveyor/DLTMP/sockets
-      CODECOV_BINARY: https://cli.codecov.io/v0.7.4/macos/codecov
-    - ID: MacP39a2
-      # ~40min
-      DTS: >
-          datalad.local
-          datalad.distributed
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: macos-monterey
-      PY: 3.9
-      INSTALL_GITANNEX: git-annex -m datalad/packages
-      DATALAD_LOCATIONS_SOCKETS: /Users/appveyor/DLTMP/sockets
-      CODECOV_BINARY: https://cli.codecov.io/v0.7.4/macos/codecov
-
     # Test alternative Python versions
     - ID: Ubu22P312a
       # ~35min
diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-changelog-snippet.yml b/.github/workflows/add-changelog-snippet.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e56efd68d..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/add-changelog-snippet.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Add changelog.d snippet
-
-on:
-  # This action should be run in workflows triggered by `pull_request_target`
-  # (not by regular `pull_request`!)
-  pull_request_target:
-    # Run whenever the PR is pushed to, receives a label, or is created with
-    # one or more labels:
-    types: [synchronize, labeled]
-
-# Prevent the workflow from running multiple jobs at once when a PR is created
-# with multiple labels:
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  add:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only run on PRs that have the "CHANGELOG-missing" label:
-    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'CHANGELOG-missing')
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITMATE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Add changelog snippet
-        uses: datalad/release-action/add-changelog-snippet@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITMATE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          rm-labels: CHANGELOG-missing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ac31766159..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Benchmarks
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  vs-master:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Set up system
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        bash <(wget -q -O- http://neuro.debian.net/_files/neurodebian-travis.sh)
-        sudo apt-get update -qq
-        sudo apt-get install eatmydata
-        sudo eatmydata apt-get install git-annex-standalone
-    - name: Set up environment
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.email "test@github.land"
-        git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
-        # Prevent interactive credential entry
-        # See also the GIT_ASKPASS env var below
-        git config --global core.askPass ""
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install ".[devel-docs]"
-        # the benchmarks use `ls`
-        pip install datalad_deprecated
-    - name: Run benchmarks
-      env:
-        # fake environment to be able to reuse script for travis
-        TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST: true
-        # Prevent interactive credential entry (note "true" is the command to run)
-        GIT_ASKPASS: true
-
-      run: |
-        tools/ci/benchmark-travis-pr.sh
-    - name: Compare
-      run: |
-        # Invocation from tools/ci/benchmark-travis-pr.sh for convenience
-        asv compare refs/bm/merge-target refs/bm/pr
-    - name: Fail if any benchmarks have slowed down too much
-      run: |
-        ! asv compare --factor 1.2 --split refs/bm/merge-target refs/bm/pr | grep -q "got worse"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/docbuild.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cd0b7384b8..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docbuild.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Docs
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Set up environment
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.email "test@github.land"
-        git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install ".[devel-docs]"
-        sudo apt-get install p7zip
-    - name: Build docs
-      run: |
-        make -C docs html doctest;
-    - name: Test building manpages
-      run: |
-        # with custom date
-        DATALAD_SOURCE_EPOCH=100000000 python setup.py build_manpage
-        grep '\.TH "datalad" "1" "1973' ./build/man/datalad.1
-        # no custom date - should be good for the next 980 years
-        python setup.py build_manpage
-        grep '\.TH "datalad" "1" "2' ./build/man/datalad.1
-    - name: Test for correct (unescaped) slashes
-      run: |
-        grep '\-\-help' docs/build/html/generated/man/datalad-create.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e0fc22ae7..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Linters
-
-on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
-
-jobs:
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Set up environment
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:  # no need for the history
-        fetch-depth: 1
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.9'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install --upgrade tox
-    - name: Run linters
-      run: |
-        tox -e lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 139ebc5945..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: Auto-release on PR merge
-
-on:
-  # This action should be run in workflows triggered by `pull_request_target`
-  # (not by regular `pull_request`!)
-  pull_request_target:
-    branches:
-      # Create a release whenever a PR is merged into one of these branches:
-      - maint
-    types:
-      - closed
-  # Allow manually triggering a release via a "Run workflow" button on the
-  # workflow's page:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only run for manual runs or merged PRs with the "release" label:
-    if: >
-      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-         || (github.event.pull_request.merged == true && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release'))
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout source
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITMATE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          # Check out all history so that the previous release tag can be
-          # found:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Install pandoc
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y pandoc
-
-      - name: Prepare release
-        uses: datalad/release-action/release@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITMATE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          pypi-token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-          pre-tag: |
-            make update-changelog
-            perl -pli -e "s/^version:.*/version: $new_version/" CITATION.cff
-            git add docs/source/changelog.rst CITATION.cff
-            git commit -m '[skip ci] Update docs/source/changelog.rst and CITATION.cff'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bca7506cf4..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Shellcheck on scripts
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Set up system
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update -qq
-        sudo apt-get install shellcheck
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Run shellcheck
-      run: |
-        # I: running only on a subset of scripts which are shellcheck clean ATM
-        shellcheck \
-          tools/bisect-git-annex.scripts/bisect-git-annex-lock.sh \
-          tools/ci/install-annex.sh \
-          tools/ci/install-minimum-git.sh \
-          tools/ci/prep-travis-devel-annex.sh \
-          tools/ci/prep-travis-forssh.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-label.yml b/.github/workflows/test-label.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e5428910..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test-label.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Test for semver label
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled, unlabeled]
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'datalad/datalad'
-    steps:
-      - name: Check that PR does not use "major" since we aren't brave enough
-        run: |
-          # This should evaluate to either `true` or `false`, which runs the
-          # command of the same name.
-          ${{
-            !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-major')
-          }}
-      - name: Check that PR against "maint" branch does not have "minor"
-        if: github.event.pull_request.base.label == 'datalad:maint'
-        run: |
-          ${{
-            !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-minor')
-          }}
-      - name: Check that PR uses one of the standard "auto" labels
-        run: |
-          # major is included to stay optimistic, and to not forget later
-          ${{
-            contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-major')
-            || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-minor')
-            || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-patch')
-            || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-dependencies')
-            || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-documentation')
-            || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-internal')
-            || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-performance')
-            || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'semver-tests')
-          }}
-
-# vim:set sts=2:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a1c148c53..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,247 +0,0 @@
-name: Test
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 6 * * *'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    # Use an interactive shell so that ~/.bashrc is sourced:
-    shell: 'bash -eio pipefail {0}'
-
-env:
-   # Note, that there's "turtle" as well, which is always excluded from running.
-   PYTEST_SELECTION: "integration or usecase or slow or network"
-   PYTEST_SELECTION_OP: "not "  # so it would be "not (integration or usecase)"
-   DATALAD_TESTS_SSH: "1"
-   DATALAD_LOG_ENV: GIT_SSH_COMMAND
-   # How/which git-annex we install.  conda's build would be the fastest,
-   # but it must not get ahead in PATH to not shadow travis' python
-   _DL_ANNEX_INSTALL_SCENARIO: "miniconda=py37_23.1.0-1 --python-match minor --batch git-annex=8.20201007 -m conda"
-   BOTO_CONFIG: /tmp/nowhere
-   DATALAD_DATASETS_TOPURL: https://datasets-tests.datalad.org
-
-jobs:
-  filter:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      jobs: ${{ steps.jobs.outputs.matrix }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Possibly filter out cron-only jobs
-        id: jobs
-        run: |
-          echo 'matrix<<EOT' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          if [ "${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}" = true ]
-          then
-              yq '{"include": .} | to_json' tools/ci/test-jobs.yml >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-              yq '{"include": [.[] | select(."cron-only" != true)]} | to_json' tools/ci/test-jobs.yml >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-          echo 'EOT' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-  test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: filter
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.filter.outputs.jobs) }}
-    env: ${{ matrix.extra-envs }}
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.allow-failure || false }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          # Do full clone (~10 extra seconds) to fetch all tags.
-          # Otherwise we might be missing the tags for maint PRs
-          # whenever those maint releases were not yet merged into master.
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Show git describe output to ensure that we did fetch all the tags
-        run: git describe
-
-      # Just in case we need to check if nfs is there etc
-      - run: sudo lsmod
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          # The ultimate one-liner setup for NeuroDebian repository
-          bash <(wget -q -O- http://neuro.debian.net/_files/neurodebian-travis.sh)
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install eatmydata  # to speedup some installations
-          tools/ci/prep-travis-forssh.sh
-          tools/ci/debians_disable_outdated_ssl_cert
-          # Install various basic dependencies
-          sudo eatmydata apt-get install zip pandoc p7zip-full
-          # needed for tests of patool compression fall-back solution
-          sudo eatmydata apt-get install xz-utils
-          sudo eatmydata apt-get install shunit2
-          [ -z "$LC_ALL" ] || sudo eatmydata apt-get install locales-all
-
-      - name: Configure _DL_TMPDIR before installing git-annex
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${_DL_TMPDIR:-}" =~ .*/sym\ link ]]
-          then echo "Symlinking $_DL_TMPDIR"
-               ln -s /tmp "$_DL_TMPDIR"
-          fi
-
-          if [[ "${_DL_TMPDIR:-}" =~ .*/d\ i\ r ]]
-          then echo "mkdir $_DL_TMPDIR"
-               mkdir -p "$_DL_TMPDIR"
-          fi
-
-          if [[ "${_DL_TMPDIR:-}" =~ .*/nfsmount ]]
-          then echo "mkdir $_DL_TMPDIR"
-               mkdir -p "$_DL_TMPDIR" "${_DL_TMPDIR}_"
-               echo "/tmp/nfsmount_ localhost(rw)" | sudo bash -c 'cat - > /etc/exports'
-               sudo apt-get install -y nfs-kernel-server
-               sudo exportfs -a
-               sudo mount -t nfs localhost:/tmp/nfsmount_ /tmp/nfsmount
-          fi
-
-      - name: Install custom Git from upstream
-        if: matrix.upstream-git
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -y gettext libcurl4-gnutls-dev
-          source tools/ci/install-upstream-git.sh
-          echo "$target_dir/bin-wrappers" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-
-      - name: Install minimum Git
-        if: matrix.minimum-git
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -y gettext libcurl4-gnutls-dev
-          tools/ci/install-minimum-git.sh
-          echo "$PWD/git-src/bin-wrappers" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
-
-      - name: Install git-annex
-        run: |
-          pip install datalad-installer
-          eval datalad-installer --sudo ok -E new.env ${_DL_ANNEX_INSTALL_SCENARIO}
-          # Append new.env to ~/.bashrc instead of $GITHUB_OUTPUT because it
-          # can include `source` and `conda activate` commands that are invalid
-          # for the latter; this also necessitates using an interactive shell
-          # for the workflow.
-          cat new.env >> ~/.bashrc
-
-      - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install codecov
-          pip install -r requirements-devel.txt
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "test@github.land"
-          git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
-          # We do `sudo pip install` below, and versioneer needs to run git.
-          # Recent git needs to be made certain it is safe to do
-          sudo git config --global --add safe.directory $PWD
-
-      - name: Configure sudoers
-        # So we could test under sudo -E with PATH pointing to installed
-        # location
-        run: sudo sed -i -e 's/^Defaults.*secure_path.*$//' /etc/sudoers
-
-      # TODO: remove - should not be needed
-      - name: Git-annex workaround for NFS mounts
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${_DL_TMPDIR:-}" =~ .*/nfsmount ]]
-          then sudo git config --system annex.pidlock true
-          fi
-
-      # Now it should be safe to point TMPDIR to a "tricky" setup just for the
-      # purpose of testing
-      - name: Point TMPDIR to "tricky" setup
-        run: |
-          if [ -n "${_DL_TMPDIR:-}" ]
-          then echo TMPDIR="${_DL_TMPDIR}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Test installation for user
-        run: sudo pip install --user .
-
-      - name: Report WTF information using system-wide installed version
-        run: |
-          datalad wtf
-          python -m pip freeze
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          PYTEST_OPTS=( -v )
-          # If we requested to run only not slow (typically <10sec) tests, fail
-          # if a test takes 3x more than that - it needs to get @slow or
-          # @turtle annotation
-          if echo "$PYTEST_SELECTION_OP($PYTEST_SELECTION)" | grep -q "^not.*slow"
-          then
-            PYTEST_OPTS=( "${PYTEST_OPTS[@]}" --doctest-modules --durations=0 --durations-min=5 --fail-slow 60 )
-            export DATALAD_TESTS_SETUP_TESTREPOS=1
-          fi
-
-          mkdir -p __testhome__
-          cd __testhome__
-          # Note: adding --log-cli-level=INFO would result in
-          # DATALAD_LOG_TARGET=/dev/null being not in effect, dumping too many
-          # logs.
-          set -x
-          http_proxy=
-          PATH=$PWD/../tools/coverage-bin:$PATH
-          $PYTEST_WRAPPER python \
-            -m pytest "${PYTEST_OPTS[@]}" \
-            -c ../tox.ini \
-            -n 2 \
-            -m "${PYTEST_SELECTION:+$PYTEST_SELECTION_OP($PYTEST_SELECTION) and }not(turtle)" \
-            --doctest-modules \
-            --cov=datalad \
-            --cov-report=xml \
-            --pyargs ${TESTS_TO_PERFORM:-datalad}
-
-      # Makes it only more difficult to comprehend the failing output.  Enable
-      # only when necessary for a particular debugging.
-      - name: Dump debug info
-        #if: "failure()"  # Enabled
-        if: "failure() && false"  # Disabled
-        run: |
-          if [ ! -z "$DATALAD_TESTS_NONETWORK" ]
-          then sudo route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev lo
-          fi
-
-          DATALAD_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG \
-            $PYTEST_WRAPPER `which pytest` \
-            -s -v --doctest-modules --cov datalad --log-cli-level=DEBUG
-
-          if [ ! -z "$DATALAD_TESTS_NONETWORK" ]
-          then sudo route del -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev lo
-          fi
-
-      # cron jobs test more and then PRs will be falling behind since they
-      # would not trigger some codepaths.  So submit coverage only from
-      # non-cron jobs, but report for all
-
-      - name: Report coverage
-        run: |
-          python -m coverage debug sys
-          python -m coverage report
-        working-directory: __testhome__
-
-      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        with:
-          directory: __testhome__
-          fail_ci_if_error: false
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-
-# vim:set et sts=2:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_crippled.yml b/.github/workflows/test_crippled.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c68566b3bb..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test_crippled.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-name: CrippledFS
-
-on: [pull_request]
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Set up system
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        bash <(wget -q -O- http://neuro.debian.net/_files/neurodebian-travis.sh)
-        # enable repo for devel git-annex if needed
-        # sudo sed -e 's|\(deb.*data\)|#\1|' -e 's|/debian |/debian-devel |' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neurodebian.sources.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neurodebian-devel.sources.list
-        sudo apt-get update -qq
-        sudo apt-get install eatmydata
-        sudo eatmydata apt-get install git-annex-standalone dosfstools
-        # 500 MB VFAT FS in a box
-        sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/crippledfs.img count=500 bs=1M
-        sudo mkfs.vfat /crippledfs.img
-        # mount
-        sudo mkdir /crippledfs
-        sudo mount -o "uid=$(id -u),gid=$(id -g)" /crippledfs.img /crippledfs
-    - name: Set up environment
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.email "test@github.land"
-        git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt
-    - name: WTF!?
-      run: |
-        datalad wtf
-        mount
-    - name: Run tests
-      env:
-        # forces all test repos/paths into the VFAT FS
-        TMPDIR: /crippledfs
-      run: |
-        mkdir -p __testhome__
-        cd __testhome__
-        python -m pytest -c ../tox.ini -s -v -m "not (turtle)" --pyargs datalad.core datalad.local datalad.distributed datalad.tests.test_utils_cached_dataset
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_extensions.yml b/.github/workflows/test_extensions.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 164b1248a9..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/test_extensions.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-name: Extensions
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        extension: [
-            datalad-neuroimaging,
-            datalad-container,
-            datalad-metalad,
-            datalad-crawler,
-            datalad-deprecated,
-            datalad-next,
-        ]
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Set up system
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        bash <(wget -q -O- http://neuro.debian.net/_files/neurodebian-travis.sh)
-        # enable in case -devel version is needed
-        # sudo sed -i-devel.list -e 's,/debian ,/debian-devel ,g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neurodebian.sources.list
-        sudo apt-get update -qq
-        sudo apt-get install eatmydata
-        sudo eatmydata apt-get install git-annex-standalone
-
-    - name: Set up environment
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.email "test@github.land"
-        git config --global user.name "GitHub Almighty"
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-
-    - name: Install DataLad and dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements-devel.txt
-
-    - name: Setup ${{ matrix.extension }} extension specific variables
-      run: |
-        DL_PIP_INSTALLS=mock
-        DL_APT_INSTALLS=dcm2niix
-        DL_REPO=datalad/${{ matrix.extension }}
-        DL_TESTER=pytest
-        DL_NEED_SINGULARITY=
-        # TODO: just reuse information from datalad-extensions!!
-        case ${{ matrix.extension }} in
-          datalad-container)
-            DL_NEED_SINGULARITY=1;;
-        esac
-        {
-        echo "DL_PIP_INSTALLS=$DL_PIP_INSTALLS"
-        echo "DL_APT_INSTALLS=$DL_APT_INSTALLS"
-        echo "DL_REPO=$DL_REPO"
-        echo "DL_TESTER=$DL_TESTER"
-        echo "DL_NEED_SINGULARITY=$DL_NEED_SINGULARITY"
-        echo "DL_PACKAGE=$(echo ${{ matrix.extension }} | tr '-' '_')"
-        } >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-    - name: Clone and install ${{ matrix.extension }} extension
-      run: |
-        git clone https://github.com/$DL_REPO __extension__
-        pip install ./__extension__[devel]
-
-    - name: Install Singularity
-      run: tools/ci/install-singularity.sh
-      if: env.DL_NEED_SINGULARITY == '1'
-
-    - name: Install additional dependencies and prepare for testing
-      run: |
-        pip install $DL_PIP_INSTALLS
-        [ -z "$DL_APT_INSTALLS" ] || sudo apt-get install $DL_APT_INSTALLS
-        mkdir -p __testhome__
-
-    - name: WTF!?
-      run: |
-        datalad wtf
-        python -m pip freeze
-
-    - name: ${{ matrix.extension }} tests using pytest
-      run: |
-        cd __testhome__
-        # -crawler's tox.ini points to itself (but without full path) for coverage
-        # configuration.  So far attempts to "fix" by somehow providing full path did not work.
-        # That is why just symlink it here.  If no tox.ini -- create an empty one
-        [ -e ../__extension__/tox.ini ] && ln -s ../__extension__/tox.ini . || touch tox.ini
-        python -m pytest -c ./tox.ini -s -v --cov=datalad --pyargs ${DL_PACKAGE}
-      if: env.DL_TESTER == 'pytest'
-
-    - name: Prepare coverage
-      run: |
-        cd __testhome__
-        python -m coverage debug sys
-        python -m coverage xml
-
-    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-      with:
-        directory: __testhome__
-        fail_ci_if_error: false
-        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/typing.yml b/.github/workflows/typing.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1352a725de..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/typing.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow is running types checks using `tox -e typing` you could do locally.
-# As type hinting is not yet fully and consistently done through out the project only
-# some (randomly) selected files (listed in tox.ini) will be checked.  Feel welcome
-# to add extra files to the list there. See https://github.com/datalad/datalad/issues/6884
-# for the overall goal/progress towards type hints coverage in DataLad.
-name: Type-check
-
-on:
-  - push
-  - pull_request
-
-jobs:
-  typing:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install --upgrade tox
-
-      - name: Run type checker
-        run: tox -e typing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml b/.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d70b08314..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-contributors.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-name: allcontributors-auto-detect
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  Update:
-    name: Generate
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: contains(github.repository, 'datalad/datalad')
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Tributors Update
-        uses: con/tributors@0.1.1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-
-          # Single text list (space separated) of parsers, leave unset to auto-detect
-          parsers: unset
-
-          # Update lookup with GitHub metadata
-          update_lookup: github
-
-          # Skip these users (example)
-          skip_users: manbat bhanuprasad14 yetanothertestuser bobknob23987
-
-          # INFO, DEBUG, ERROR, WARNING, etc.
-          log_level: DEBUG
-
-          # If files already exist and an init is done, force overwrite
-          force: true
-
-          # the minimum number of contributions required to add a user
-          threshold: 1
-
-      - name: Checkout New Branch
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          BRANCH_AGAINST: "master"
-        run: |
-          printf "GitHub Actor: ${GITHUB_ACTOR}\n"
-          export BRANCH_FROM="contributors/update-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')"
-          git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
-
-          BRANCH_EXISTS=$(git ls-remote --heads origin ${BRANCH_FROM})
-          if [[ -z ${BRANCH_EXISTS} ]]; then
-              printf "Branch does not exist in remote.\n"
-          else
-              printf "Branch already exists in remote.\n"
-              exit 1
-          fi
-          git branch
-          git checkout -b "${BRANCH_FROM}" || git checkout "${BRANCH_FROM}"
-          git branch
-
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git status
-
-          if git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
-             export OPEN_PULL_REQUEST=0
-             printf "No changes\n"
-          else
-             export OPEN_PULL_REQUEST=1
-             printf "Changes\n"
-             git commit -a -m "Automated deployment to update contributors $(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
-
-          [skip ci]"
-             git push origin "${BRANCH_FROM}"
-          fi
-          echo "OPEN_PULL_REQUEST=${OPEN_PULL_REQUEST}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PULL_REQUEST_FROM_BRANCH=${BRANCH_FROM}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PULL_REQUEST_TITLE=[tributors] ${BRANCH_FROM}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PULL_REQUEST_BODY='Tributors update automated pull request.\n\n[skip ci]'" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Open Pull Request
-        uses: vsoch/pull-request-action@1.1.1
-        if: ${{ env.OPEN_PULL_REQUEST == '1' }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH: "master"