diff --git a/Dockerfile.rootless b/Dockerfile.rootless
index c4079fd918..785986e545 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rootless
+++ b/Dockerfile.rootless
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ RUN addgroup \
     -G git \
     git
 
-RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea /etc/gitea
-RUN chown git:git /var/lib/gitea /etc/gitea
+RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea
+RUN chown git:git /var/lib/gitea
 
 COPY --from=build-env /tmp/local /
 RUN cd /usr/local/bin ; ln -s gitea forgejo
@@ -103,13 +103,9 @@ ENV GITEA_CUSTOM=/var/lib/gitea/custom
 ENV GITEA_TEMP=/tmp/gitea
 ENV TMPDIR=/tmp/gitea
 
-# Legacy config file for backwards compatibility
-# TODO: remove on next major version release
-ENV GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY=/etc/gitea/app.ini
-
 ENV GITEA_APP_INI=${GITEA_CUSTOM}/conf/app.ini
 ENV HOME="/var/lib/gitea/git"
-VOLUME ["/var/lib/gitea", "/etc/gitea"]
+VOLUME ["/var/lib/gitea"]
 WORKDIR /var/lib/gitea
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--", "/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
index e5fa41cc78..ca509214bf 100755
--- a/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,5 @@ fi
 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
     exec "$@"
 else
-    # TODO: remove on next major version release
-    # Honour legacy config file if existing
-    if [ -f ${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY} ]; then
-        GITEA_APP_INI=${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY}
-    fi
     exec /usr/local/bin/gitea -c ${GITEA_APP_INI} web
 fi
diff --git a/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-setup.sh b/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-setup.sh
index 09bbeabc63..7bcb78c88c 100755
--- a/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-setup.sh
+++ b/docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-setup.sh
@@ -11,22 +11,10 @@ mkdir -p ${GITEA_CUSTOM} && chmod 0700 ${GITEA_CUSTOM}
 mkdir -p ${GITEA_TEMP} && chmod 0700 ${GITEA_TEMP}
 if [ ! -w ${GITEA_TEMP} ]; then echo "${GITEA_TEMP} is not writable"; exit 1; fi
 
-# TODO: remove on next major version release
-# Honour legacy config file if existing, but inform the user
-if [ -f ${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY} ] && [ ${GITEA_APP_INI} != ${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY} ]; then
-    GITEA_APP_INI_DEFAULT=/var/lib/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini
-    echo -e \
-      "\033[33mWARNING\033[0m: detected configuration file in deprecated default path ${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY}." \
-      "The new default is ${GITEA_APP_INI_DEFAULT}. To remove this warning, choose one of the options:\n" \
-      "* Move ${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY} to ${GITEA_APP_INI_DEFAULT} (or to \$GITEA_APP_INI if you want to override this variable)\n" \
-      "* Explicitly override GITEA_APP_INI=${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY} in the container environment"
-    GITEA_APP_INI=${GITEA_APP_INI_LEGACY}
-fi
-
-#Prepare config file
+# Prepare config file
 if [ ! -f ${GITEA_APP_INI} ]; then
 
-    #Prepare config file folder
+    # Prepare config file folder
     GITEA_APP_INI_DIR=$(dirname ${GITEA_APP_INI})
     mkdir -p ${GITEA_APP_INI_DIR} && chmod 0700 ${GITEA_APP_INI_DIR}
     if [ ! -w ${GITEA_APP_INI_DIR} ]; then echo "${GITEA_APP_INI_DIR} is not writable"; exit 1; fi
diff --git a/release-notes/11098.md b/release-notes/11098.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bab9505d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/11098.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+In Forgejo v8.0.0, the default location for the config file was changed from `/etc/gitea/app.ini` to `/var/lib/gitea/app.ini`. Backward compatibility logic and startup warnings were added to container setup and entrypoint scripts. Now they are removed. This change only affects those using container deployments with rootless images. If you have the config file stored in a volume bound to container's /etc/gitea, move it to the new location or override the environment variable `GITEA_APP_INI`. An unused volume `/etc/gitea` can be safely removed from the container after moving the config or if the deployment never used versions prior to v8.0.0.
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