diff --git a/buildserver/provision-apt-get-install b/buildserver/provision-apt-get-install
index e29a786a..c27d8ff9 100644
--- a/buildserver/provision-apt-get-install
+++ b/buildserver/provision-apt-get-install
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ packages="
  fdroidserver
  git-svn
  gnupg
- mercurial
  patch
  python3-magic
  python3-packaging
diff --git a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
index 7886a9d8..2123910a 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ def check_tags(app: metadata.App, pattern: str) -> tuple[str, int, str]:
     else:
         repotype = app.RepoType
 
-    if repotype not in ('git', 'git-svn', 'hg'):
-        raise MetaDataException(_('Tags update mode only works for git, hg, bzr and git-svn repositories currently'))
+    if repotype != "git":
+        raise MetaDataException(_('Tags update mode only works for git repositories currently'))
 
     if repotype == 'git-svn' and ';' not in app.Repo:
         raise MetaDataException(_('Tags update mode used in git-svn, but the repo was not set up with tags'))
@@ -313,8 +313,6 @@ def check_repomanifest(app: metadata.App, branch: Optional[str] = None) -> tuple
         vcs.gotorevision(branch)
     elif repotype == 'git-svn':
         vcs.gotorevision(branch)
-    elif repotype == 'hg':
-        vcs.gotorevision(branch)
 
     last_build = get_last_build_from_app(app)
     try_init_submodules(app, last_build, vcs)
diff --git a/fdroidserver/common.py b/fdroidserver/common.py
index 646032f2..ec389262 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/common.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/common.py
@@ -1544,8 +1544,6 @@ def getvcs(vcstype, remote, local):
     )
     if vcstype == 'git-svn':
         return vcs_gitsvn(remote, local)
-    if vcstype == 'hg':
-        return vcs_hg(remote, local)
     if vcstype == 'srclib':
         if str(local) != os.path.join('build', 'srclib', str(remote)):
             raise VCSException("Error: srclib paths are hard-coded!")
@@ -2032,45 +2030,6 @@ class vcs_gitsvn(vcs):
         return p.output.strip()
 
 
-class vcs_hg(vcs):
-
-    def repotype(self):
-        return 'hg'
-
-    def clientversioncmd(self):
-        return ['hg', '--version']
-
-    def gotorevisionx(self, rev):
-        if not os.path.exists(self.local):
-            p = FDroidPopen(['hg', 'clone', '--ssh', '/bin/false', '--', self.remote, str(self.local)],
-                            output=False)
-            if p.returncode != 0:
-                self.clone_failed = True
-                raise VCSException("Hg clone failed", p.output)
-        else:
-            p = FDroidPopen(['hg', 'status', '-uiS'], cwd=self.local, output=False)
-            if p.returncode != 0:
-                raise VCSException("Hg status failed", p.output)
-            for line in p.output.splitlines():
-                if not line.startswith('? ') and not line.startswith('I '):
-                    raise VCSException("Unexpected output from hg status -uS: " + line)
-                FDroidPopen(['rm', '-rf', '--', line[2:]], cwd=self.local, output=False)
-            if not self.refreshed:
-                p = FDroidPopen(['hg', 'pull', '--ssh', '/bin/false'], cwd=self.local, output=False)
-                if p.returncode != 0:
-                    raise VCSException("Hg pull failed", p.output)
-                self.refreshed = True
-
-        rev = rev or 'default'
-        if not rev:
-            return
-        p = FDroidPopen(['hg', 'update', '-C', '--', rev], cwd=self.local, output=False)
-        if p.returncode != 0:
-            raise VCSException("Hg checkout of '%s' failed" % rev, p.output)
-
-    def _gettags(self):
-        p = FDroidPopen(['hg', 'tags', '-q'], cwd=self.local, output=False)
-        return p.output.splitlines()[1:]
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