diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 8381415a2..16cc2270f 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -37,23 +37,6 @@ queue_rules:
               - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.23"
               - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-cephfs"
               - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-rbd"
-          - and:
-              - base=release-v3.4
-              - "status-success=codespell"
-              - "status-success=multi-arch-build"
-              - "status-success=go-test"
-              - "status-success=commitlint"
-              - "status-success=golangci-lint"
-              - "status-success=mod-check"
-              - "status-success=lint-extras"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.21"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.22"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.23"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.21"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.22"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.23"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-cephfs"
-              - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-rbd"
           - and:
               - base=ci/centos
               - "status-success=ci/centos/job-validation"
@@ -218,44 +201,6 @@ pull_request_rules:
     actions:
       queue:
         name: default
-  - name: backport patches to release-v3.4 branch
-    conditions:
-      - base=devel
-      - label=backport-to-release-v3.4
-    actions:
-      backport:
-        branches:
-          - release-v3.4
-  # automerge backports if CI successfully ran
-  - name: automerge backport release-v3.4
-    conditions:
-      - author=mergify[bot]
-      - base=release-v3.4
-      - label!=DNM
-      - "#approved-reviews-by>=2"
-      - "approved-reviews-by=@ceph/ceph-csi-contributors"
-      - "approved-reviews-by=@ceph/ceph-csi-maintainers"
-      - "status-success=codespell"
-      - "status-success=multi-arch-build"
-      - "status-success=go-test"
-      - "status-success=commitlint"
-      - "status-success=golangci-lint"
-      - "status-success=mod-check"
-      - "status-success=lint-extras"
-      - "#changes-requested-reviews-by=0"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.21"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.22"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e-helm/k8s-1.23"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.21"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.22"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/mini-e2e/k8s-1.23"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-cephfs"
-      - "status-success=ci/centos/upgrade-tests-rbd"
-      - "status-success=DCO"
-    actions:
-      queue:
-        name: default
-      delete_head_branch: {}
   - name: backport patches to release-v3.6 branch
     conditions:
       - base=devel