diff --git a/services/gitea/gitea-helper.js b/services/gitea/gitea-helper.js
index 3996cb49218461..51242d819d5087 100644
--- a/services/gitea/gitea-helper.js
+++ b/services/gitea/gitea-helper.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const documentation = `
-Note that only internet-accessible Gitea/Forgejo based instances are supported, for example https://gitea.com, https://codeberg.org.
-For self-hosted instances, the gitea_url parameter is required.
+Note that the gitea_url parameter is required because there is canonical hosted gitea service provided by Gitea.
 `
 
 function httpErrorsFor() {
diff --git a/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.service.js b/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.service.js
index 91854d19d1bd0c..819198521b6476 100644
--- a/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.service.js
+++ b/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.service.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The keys could be anything and {} is a valid response (e.g: for an empty repo)
 const schema = Joi.object().pattern(/./, nonNegativeInteger)
 
 const queryParamSchema = Joi.object({
-  gitea_url: optionalUrl,
+  gitea_url: optionalUrl.required(),
 }).required()
 
 export default class GiteaLanguageCount extends GiteaBase {
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ export default class GiteaLanguageCount extends GiteaBase {
         parameters: [
           pathParam({
             name: 'user',
-            example: 'gitea',
+            example: 'forgejo',
           }),
           pathParam({
             name: 'repo',
-            example: 'tea',
+            example: 'forgejo',
           }),
           queryParam({
             name: 'gitea_url',
-            example: 'https://gitea.com',
+            example: 'https://codeberg.org',
             required: true,
           }),
         ],
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default class GiteaLanguageCount extends GiteaBase {
     })
   }
 
-  async handle({ user, repo }, { gitea_url: baseUrl = 'https://gitea.com' }) {
+  async handle({ user, repo }, { gitea_url: baseUrl }) {
     const data = await this.fetch({
       user,
       repo,
diff --git a/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.tester.js b/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.tester.js
index fe94a2fe905f78..9d4f6a965e327f 100644
--- a/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.tester.js
+++ b/services/gitea/gitea-languages-count.tester.js
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ import { createServiceTester } from '../tester.js'
 
 export const t = await createServiceTester()
 
-t.create('language count').get('/gitea/tea.json').expectBadge({
-  label: 'languages',
-  message: Joi.number().integer().positive(),
-})
-
-t.create('language count (empty repo) (self-managed)')
+t.create('language count (empty repo)')
   .get(
     '/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test-empty.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org',
   )
@@ -17,14 +12,14 @@ t.create('language count (empty repo) (self-managed)')
     message: '0',
   })
 
-t.create('language count (self-managed)')
+t.create('language count')
   .get('/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org')
   .expectBadge({
     label: 'languages',
     message: Joi.number().integer().positive(),
   })
 
-t.create('language count (user or repo not found) (self-managed)')
+t.create('language count (user or repo not found)')
   .get('/CanisHelix/does-not-exist.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org')
   .expectBadge({
     label: 'languages',
diff --git a/services/gitea/gitea-release.service.js b/services/gitea/gitea-release.service.js
index 3b62424277603b..2188f0e135fcf3 100644
--- a/services/gitea/gitea-release.service.js
+++ b/services/gitea/gitea-release.service.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const displayNameEnum = ['tag', 'release']
 const dateOrderByEnum = ['created_at', 'published_at']
 
 const queryParamSchema = Joi.object({
-  gitea_url: optionalUrl,
+  gitea_url: optionalUrl.required(),
   include_prereleases: Joi.equal(''),
   sort: Joi.string()
     .valid(...sortEnum)
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ export default class GiteaRelease extends GiteaBase {
         parameters: [
           pathParam({
             name: 'user',
-            example: 'gitea',
+            example: 'forgejo',
           }),
           pathParam({
             name: 'repo',
-            example: 'tea',
+            example: 'forgejo',
           }),
           queryParam({
             name: 'gitea_url',
-            example: 'https://gitea.com',
+            example: 'https://codeberg.org',
             required: true,
           }),
           queryParam({
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export default class GiteaRelease extends GiteaBase {
   async handle(
     { user, repo },
     {
-      gitea_url: baseUrl = 'https://gitea.com',
+      gitea_url: baseUrl,
       include_prereleases: pre,
       sort,
       display_name: displayName,
diff --git a/services/gitea/gitea-release.tester.js b/services/gitea/gitea-release.tester.js
index 9c7602997e8ced..1f6894e6215cf4 100644
--- a/services/gitea/gitea-release.tester.js
+++ b/services/gitea/gitea-release.tester.js
@@ -1,48 +1,39 @@
-import Joi from 'joi'
 import { createServiceTester } from '../tester.js'
 export const t = await createServiceTester()
 
 t.create('Release (latest by date)')
-  .get('/gitea/tea.json')
-  .expectBadge({
-    label: 'release',
-    message: Joi.string(),
-    color: Joi.any().valid(...['orange', 'blue']),
-  })
-
-t.create('Release (latest by date) (self-managed)')
   .get('/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org')
   .expectBadge({ label: 'release', message: 'v3.0.0', color: 'blue' })
 
-t.create('Release (latest by date, order by created_at) (self-managed)')
+t.create('Release (latest by date, order by created_at)')
   .get(
     '/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org&date_order_by=created_at',
   )
   .expectBadge({ label: 'release', message: 'v3.0.0', color: 'blue' })
 
-t.create('Release (latest by date, order by published_at) (self-managed)')
+t.create('Release (latest by date, order by published_at)')
   .get(
     '/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org&date_order_by=published_at',
   )
   .expectBadge({ label: 'release', message: 'v3.0.0', color: 'blue' })
 
-t.create('Release (latest by semver) (self-managed)')
+t.create('Release (latest by semver)')
   .get(
     '/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org&sort=semver',
   )
   .expectBadge({ label: 'release', message: 'v4.0.0', color: 'blue' })
 
-t.create('Release (latest by semver pre-release) (self-managed)')
+t.create('Release (latest by semver pre-release)')
   .get(
     '/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org&sort=semver&include_prereleases',
   )
   .expectBadge({ label: 'release', message: 'v5.0.0-rc1', color: 'orange' })
 
-t.create('Release (project not found) (self-managed)')
+t.create('Release (project not found)')
   .get('/CanisHelix/does-not-exist.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org')
   .expectBadge({ label: 'release', message: 'user or repo not found' })
 
-t.create('Release (no tags) (self-managed)')
+t.create('Release (no tags)')
   .get(
     '/CanisHelix/shields-badge-test-empty.json?gitea_url=https://codeberg.org',
   )