diff --git a/scripts/github-changelog.cr b/scripts/github-changelog.cr
index 4d48e580a2c8..cc2f24a1f365 100755
--- a/scripts/github-changelog.cr
+++ b/scripts/github-changelog.cr
@@ -271,18 +271,6 @@ record PullRequest,
     md = title.match(/\[fixup #(.\d+)/) || return
     md[1]?.try(&.to_i)
   end
-
-  def clean_title
-    title.sub(/^\[?(?:#{type}|#{sub_topic})(?::|\]:?) /i, "").sub(/\s*\[Backport [^\]]+\]\s*/, "")
-  end
-
-  def backported?
-    labels.any?(&.starts_with?("backport"))
-  end
-
-  def backport?
-    title.includes?("[Backport ")
-  end
 end
 
 def query_milestone(api_token, repository, number)
@@ -324,9 +312,8 @@ end
 
 milestone = query_milestone(api_token, repository, milestone)
 
-class ChangelogEntry
+struct ChangelogEntry
   getter pull_requests : Array(PullRequest)
-  property backported_from : PullRequest?
 
   def initialize(pr : PullRequest)
     @pull_requests = [pr]
@@ -355,18 +342,13 @@ class ChangelogEntry
     if pr.deprecated?
       io << "**[deprecation]** "
     end
-    io << pr.clean_title
+    io << pr.title.sub(/^\[?(?:#{pr.type}|#{pr.sub_topic})(?::|\]:?) /i, "")
 
     io << " ("
     pull_requests.join(io, ", ") do |pr|
       pr.link_ref(io)
     end
 
-    if backported_from = self.backported_from
-      io << ", backported from "
-      backported_from.link_ref(io)
-    end
-
     authors = collect_authors
     if authors.present?
       io << ", thanks "
@@ -379,26 +361,15 @@ class ChangelogEntry
 
   def collect_authors
     authors = [] of String
-
-    if backported_from = self.backported_from
-      if author = backported_from.author
-        authors << author
-      end
-    end
-
-    pull_requests.each_with_index do |pr, i|
-      next if backported_from && i.zero?
-
+    pull_requests.each do |pr|
       author = pr.author || next
       authors << author unless authors.includes?(author)
     end
-
     authors
   end
 
   def print_ref_labels(io)
     pull_requests.each { |pr| print_ref_label(io, pr) }
-    backported_from.try { |pr| print_ref_label(io, pr) }
   end
 
   def print_ref_label(io, pr)
@@ -409,7 +380,7 @@ class ChangelogEntry
 end
 
 entries = milestone.pull_requests.compact_map do |pr|
-  ChangelogEntry.new(pr) unless pr.fixup? || pr.backported?
+  ChangelogEntry.new(pr) unless pr.fixup?
 end
 
 milestone.pull_requests.each do |pr|
@@ -423,17 +394,6 @@ milestone.pull_requests.each do |pr|
   end
 end
 
-milestone.pull_requests.each do |pr|
-  next unless pr.backported?
-
-  backport = entries.find { |entry| entry.pr.backport? && entry.pr.clean_title == pr.clean_title }
-  if backport
-    backport.backported_from = pr
-  else
-    STDERR.puts "Unresolved backport: #{pr.clean_title.inspect} (##{pr.number})"
-  end
-end
-
 sections = entries.group_by(&.pr.section)
 
 SECTION_TITLES = {