diff --git a/.github/actions/release-branches/release-branches.py b/.github/actions/release-branches/release-branches.py
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index ad941bb0c..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/release-branches/release-branches.py
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-import argparse
-import json
-import os
-import configparser
-
-# Name of the remote
-ORIGIN = 'origin'
-
-script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-grandparent_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(script_dir))
-
-config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-with open(os.path.join(grandparent_dir, 'releases.ini')) as stream:
-    config.read_string('[default]\n' + stream.read())
-
-OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION = int(config['default']['OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION'])
-
-def main():
-
-  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-  parser.add_argument("--major-version", required=True, type=str, help="The major version of the release")
-  parser.add_argument("--latest-tag", required=True, type=str, help="The most recent tag published to the repository")
-  args = parser.parse_args()
-
-  major_version = args.major_version
-  latest_tag = args.latest_tag
-
-  print("major_version: " + major_version)
-  print("latest_tag: " + latest_tag)
-
-  # If this is a primary release, we backport to all supported branches,
-  # so we check whether the major_version taken from the package.json
-  # is greater than or equal to the latest tag pulled from the repo.
-  # For example...
-  #     'v1' >= 'v2' is False # we're operating from an older release branch and should not backport
-  #     'v2' >= 'v2' is True  # the normal case where we're updating the current version
-  #     'v3' >= 'v2' is True  # in this case we are making the first release of a new major version
-  consider_backports = ( major_version >= latest_tag.split(".")[0] )
-
-  with open(os.environ["GITHUB_OUTPUT"], "a") as f:
-
-    f.write(f"backport_source_branch=releases/{major_version}\n")
-
-    backport_target_branches = []
-
-    if consider_backports:
-      for i in range(int(major_version.strip("v"))-1, 0, -1):
-        branch_name = f"releases/v{i}"
-        if i >= OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION:
-          backport_target_branches.append(branch_name)
-
-    f.write("backport_target_branches="+json.dumps(backport_target_branches)+"\n")
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-  main()