diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc
index 4a87f8f..a9f17b1 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 (def config-defaults {:namespace "forgejo"
                       :issuer "staging"
-                      :deploy-federated "false"
                       :federation-enabled "false"
+                      :forgejo-image "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:8.0.3"
                       :db-name "forgejo"
                       :pv-storage-size-gb 5
                       :pvc-storage-class-name :local-path
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
                               ::forgejo/mailer-port
                               ::forgejo/service-noreply-address]
                      :opt-un [::forgejo/issuer
-                              ::forgejo/deploy-federated
                               ::forgejo/federation-enabled
                               ::forgejo/default-app-name
                               ::forgejo/service-domain-whitelist
-                              ::forgejo/forgejo-image-version-overwrite
+                              ::forgejo/forgejo-image
                               ::backup/restic-repository
                               ::mon/mon-cfg]))
 
diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc
index 971ae9e..b06fb6a 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc
@@ -32,14 +32,13 @@
 
 (s/def ::default-app-name string?)
 (s/def ::fqdn pred/fqdn-string?)
-(s/def ::deploy-federated boolean-string?)
 (s/def ::federation-enabled boolean-string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-from pred/bash-env-string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-host pred/bash-env-string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-port pred/bash-env-string?)
 (s/def ::service-domain-whitelist domain-list?)
 (s/def ::service-noreply-address string?)
-(s/def ::forgejo-image-version-overwrite string?)
+(s/def ::forgejo-image string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-user pred/bash-env-string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-pw pred/bash-env-string?)
 (s/def ::issuer pred/letsencrypt-issuer?)
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@
 (s/def ::max-concurrent-requests int?)
 
 (s/def ::config (s/keys :req-un [::fqdn
+                                 ::forgejo-image
                                  ::mailer-from
                                  ::mailer-host
                                  ::mailer-port
@@ -56,30 +56,14 @@
                                  ::max-rate
                                  ::max-concurrent-requests]
                         :opt-un [::issuer
-                                 ::deploy-federated
                                  ::federation-enabled
                                  ::default-app-name
                                  ::service-domain-whitelist
-                                 ::forgejo-image-version-overwrite]))
+                                 ]))
 
-(s/def ::auth (s/keys :req-un [::postgres/postgres-db-user ::postgres/postgres-db-password ::mailer-user ::mailer-pw]))
-
-(defn data-storage-by-volume-size
-  [total]
-  total)
-;;TODO: remove unneccessaries, fedaration is merged
-(def federated-image-name "domaindrivenarchitecture/c4k-forgejo-federated")
-(def federated-image-version "latest")
-(def non-federated-image-name "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo")
-(def non-federated-image-version "8.0.3")
-
-(defn-spec generate-image-str string?
-  [config ::config]
-  (let [{:keys [deploy-federated forgejo-image-version-overwrite]} config
-        deploy-federated-bool (boolean-from-string deploy-federated)]
-    (if deploy-federated-bool
-      (str federated-image-name ":" (or forgejo-image-version-overwrite federated-image-version))
-      (str non-federated-image-name ":" (or forgejo-image-version-overwrite non-federated-image-version)))))
+(s/def ::auth (s/keys :req-un [::postgres/postgres-db-user 
+                               ::postgres/postgres-db-password 
+                               ::mailer-user ::mailer-pw]))
 
 #?(:cljs
    (defmethod yaml/load-resource :forgejo [resource-name]
@@ -140,17 +124,17 @@
 
 (defn-spec generate-data-volume pred/map-or-seq?
   [config ::config]
-  (let [{:keys [volume-total-storage-size]} config
-        data-storage-size (data-storage-by-volume-size volume-total-storage-size)]
+  (let [{:keys [volume-total-storage-size]} config]
     (->
      (yaml/load-as-edn "forgejo/datavolume.yaml")
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "DATASTORAGESIZE" (str (str data-storage-size) "Gi")))))
+     (cm/replace-all-matching "DATASTORAGESIZE" (str (str volume-total-storage-size) "Gi")))))
 
 (defn-spec generate-deployment pred/map-or-seq?
   [config ::config]
-  (->
-   (yaml/load-as-edn "forgejo/deployment.yaml")
-   (cm/replace-all-matching "IMAGE_NAME" (generate-image-str config))))
+  (let [{:keys [forgejo-image]} config]
+    (->
+     (yaml/load-as-edn "forgejo/deployment.yaml")
+     (cm/replace-all-matching "IMAGE_NAME" forgejo-image))))
 
 (defn generate-service
   []
diff --git a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc
index f7b388d..965c26e 100644
--- a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc
+++ b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc
@@ -12,40 +12,6 @@
 (st/instrument `cut/generate-ingress)
 (st/instrument `cut/generate-secrets)
 
-(deftest should-generate-image-str
-  (testing "non-federated-image"
-    (is (= "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:8.0.3"
-           (cut/generate-image-str {:fqdn "test.de"
-                                    :mailer-from ""
-                                    :mailer-host "m.t.de"
-                                    :mailer-port "123"
-                                    :service-noreply-address ""
-                                    :deploy-federated "false"})))
-    (is (= "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.19.3-0"
-           (cut/generate-image-str {:fqdn "test.de"
-                                    :mailer-from ""
-                                    :mailer-host "m.t.de"
-                                    :mailer-port "123"
-                                    :service-noreply-address ""
-                                    :deploy-federated "false"
-                                    :forgejo-image-version-overwrite "1.19.3-0"}))))
-  (testing "federated-image"
-    (is (= "domaindrivenarchitecture/c4k-forgejo-federated:latest"
-           (cut/generate-image-str {:fqdn "test.de"
-                                    :mailer-from ""
-                                    :mailer-host "m.t.de"
-                                    :mailer-port "123"
-                                    :service-noreply-address ""
-                                    :deploy-federated "true"})))
-    (is (= "domaindrivenarchitecture/c4k-forgejo-federated:3.2.0"
-           (cut/generate-image-str {:fqdn "test.de"
-                                    :mailer-from ""
-                                    :mailer-host "m.t.de"
-                                    :mailer-port "123"
-                                    :service-noreply-address ""
-                                    :deploy-federated "true"
-                                    :forgejo-image-version-overwrite "3.2.0"})))))
-
 (deftest should-generate-appini-env
   (is (= {:APP_NAME-c1 "",
           :APP_NAME-c2 "test forgejo",
@@ -74,7 +40,8 @@
                                                 :mailer-host "m.t.de"
                                                 :mailer-port "123"
                                                 :service-domain-whitelist "adb.de"
-                                                :service-noreply-address ""})
+                                                :service-noreply-address ""
+                                                :forgejo-image "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:8.0.3"})
                       (cut/generate-appini-env {:default-app-name "test forgejo"
                                                 :federation-enabled "true"
                                                 :fqdn "test.com"
@@ -82,7 +49,8 @@
                                                 :mailer-host "mail.test.com"
                                                 :mailer-port "456"
                                                 :service-domain-whitelist "test.com,test.net"
-                                                :service-noreply-address "noreply@test.com"})))))
+                                                :service-noreply-address "noreply@test.com"
+                                                :forgejo-image "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:8.0.3"})))))
 
 (deftest should-generate-deployment
   (testing "non-federated"
@@ -114,37 +82,8 @@
              :service-noreply-address ""
              :volume-total-storage-size 10
              :max-rate 10
-             :max-concurrent-requests 1}))))
-  (testing "federated-deployment"
-    (is (= {:apiVersion "apps/v1",
-            :kind "Deployment",
-            :metadata {:name "forgejo", :namespace "forgejo", :labels {:app "forgejo"}},
-            :spec
-            {:replicas 1,
-             :selector {:matchLabels {:app "forgejo"}},
-             :template
-             {:metadata {:name "forgejo", :labels {:app "forgejo"}},
-              :spec
-              {:containers
-               [{:name "forgejo",
-                 :image "domaindrivenarchitecture/c4k-forgejo-federated:latest",
-                 :imagePullPolicy "IfNotPresent",
-                 :envFrom [{:configMapRef {:name "forgejo-env"}} {:secretRef {:name "forgejo-secrets"}}],
-                 :volumeMounts [{:name "forgejo-data-volume", :mountPath "/data"}],
-                 :ports [{:containerPort 22, :name "git-ssh"} {:containerPort 3000, :name "forgejo"}]}],
-               :volumes [{:name "forgejo-data-volume", :persistentVolumeClaim {:claimName "forgejo-data-pvc"}}]}}}}
-           (cut/generate-deployment
-            {:default-app-name ""
-             :deploy-federated "true"
-             :fqdn "test.de"
-             :mailer-from ""
-             :mailer-host "m.t.de"
-             :mailer-port "123"
-             :service-domain-whitelist "adb.de"
-             :service-noreply-address ""
-             :volume-total-storage-size 10
-             :max-rate 10
-             :max-concurrent-requests 1})))))
+             :max-concurrent-requests 1
+             :forgejo-image "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:8.0.3"})))))
 
 (deftest should-generate-secret
   (is (= {:FORGEJO__database__USER-c1 "",