diff --git a/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/generateChangelog-test.js b/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/generateChangelog-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 346aa06cc70..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflow-scripts/__tests__/generateChangelog-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @format
- */
-
-const {
-  generateChangelog,
-  _computePreviousVersionFrom,
-  _generateChangelog,
-  _pushCommit,
-  _createPR,
-} = require('../generateChangelog');
-
-const silence = () => {};
-const mockGetNpmPackageInfo = jest.fn();
-const mockExecSync = jest.fn();
-const mockRun = jest.fn();
-const mockFetch = jest.fn();
-const mockExit = jest.fn();
-
-jest.mock('../utils.js', () => ({
-  log: silence,
-  run: mockRun,
-  getNpmPackageInfo: mockGetNpmPackageInfo,
-}));
-
-process.exit = mockExit;
-global.fetch = mockFetch;
-
-describe('Generate Changelog', () => {
-  beforeEach(jest.clearAllMocks);
-
-  describe('_computePreviousVersionFrom', () => {
-    it('returns rc.0 when rc is 1', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.78.0-rc.1';
-      const expectedVersion = '0.78.0-rc.0';
-
-      const receivedVersion = await _computePreviousVersionFrom(currentVersion);
-
-      expect(receivedVersion).toEqual(expectedVersion);
-    });
-
-    it('returns previous rc version when rc is > 1', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.78.0-rc.5';
-      const expectedVersion = '0.78.0-rc.4';
-
-      const receivedVersion = await _computePreviousVersionFrom(currentVersion);
-
-      expect(receivedVersion).toEqual(expectedVersion);
-    });
-
-    it('returns previous patch version when rc is 0', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.78.0-rc.0';
-      const expectedVersion = '0.77.1';
-
-      mockGetNpmPackageInfo.mockReturnValueOnce(
-        Promise.resolve({version: '0.77.1'}),
-      );
-
-      const receivedVersion = await _computePreviousVersionFrom(currentVersion);
-
-      expect(receivedVersion).toEqual(expectedVersion);
-    });
-
-    it('returns patch 0 when patch is 1', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.78.1';
-      const expectedVersion = '0.78.0';
-
-      const receivedVersion = await _computePreviousVersionFrom(currentVersion);
-
-      expect(receivedVersion).toEqual(expectedVersion);
-    });
-
-    it('returns previous patch when patch is > 1', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.78.5';
-      const expectedVersion = '0.78.4';
-
-      const receivedVersion = await _computePreviousVersionFrom(currentVersion);
-
-      expect(receivedVersion).toEqual(expectedVersion);
-    });
-
-    it('returns null when patch is 0', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.78.0';
-
-      const receivedVersion = await _computePreviousVersionFrom(currentVersion);
-
-      expect(receivedVersion).toBeNull();
-    });
-
-    it("throws an error when the version can't be parsed", async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.78.0-rc0';
-
-      await expect(
-        _computePreviousVersionFrom(currentVersion),
-      ).rejects.toThrow();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('_generateChangelog', () => {
-    it('calls git in the right order', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.79.0-rc5';
-      const previousVersion = '0.79.0-rc4';
-      const token = 'token';
-
-      expectedCommandArgs = [
-        '@rnx-kit/rn-changelog-generator',
-        '--base',
-        `v${previousVersion}`,
-        '--compare',
-        `v${currentVersion}`,
-        '--repo',
-        '.',
-        '--changelog',
-        './CHANGELOG.md',
-        '--token',
-        `${token}`,
-      ];
-
-      _generateChangelog(previousVersion, currentVersion, token);
-
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'git checkout main');
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'git fetch');
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, 'git pull origin main');
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-        4,
-        `npx ${expectedCommandArgs.join(' ')}`,
-      );
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('_pushCommit', () => {
-    it('calls git in the right order', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.79.0-rc5';
-
-      _pushCommit(currentVersion);
-
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-        1,
-        `git checkout -b changelog/v${currentVersion}`,
-      );
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'git add CHANGELOG.md');
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-        3,
-        `git commit -m "[RN][Changelog] Add changelog for v${currentVersion}"`,
-      );
-      expect(mockRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-        4,
-        `git push origin changelog/v${currentVersion}`,
-      );
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('_createPR', () => {
-    it('throws error when status is not 201', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.79.0-rc5';
-      const token = 'token';
-
-      mockFetch.mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve({status: 401}));
-
-      const headers = {
-        Accept: 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json',
-        'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
-        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
-      };
-
-      const content = `
-## Summary
-Add Changelog for ${currentVersion}
-
-## Changelog:
-[Internal] - Add Changelog for ${currentVersion}
-
-## Test Plan:
-N/A`;
-
-      const body = {
-        title: `[RN][Changelog] Add changelog for v${currentVersion}`,
-        head: `changelog/v${currentVersion}`,
-        base: 'main',
-        body: content,
-      };
-
-      await expect(_createPR(currentVersion, token)).rejects.toThrow();
-
-      expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        'https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/react-native/pulls',
-        {
-          method: 'POST',
-          headers: headers,
-          body: JSON.stringify(body),
-        },
-      );
-    });
-    it('Returns the pr url', async () => {
-      const currentVersion = '0.79.0-rc5';
-      const token = 'token';
-      const expectedPrURL =
-        'https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pulls/1234';
-
-      const returnedObject = {
-        status: 201,
-        json: () => Promise.resolve({html_url: expectedPrURL}),
-      };
-      mockFetch.mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(returnedObject));
-
-      const headers = {
-        Accept: 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json',
-        'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
-        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
-      };
-
-      const content = `
-## Summary
-Add Changelog for ${currentVersion}
-
-## Changelog:
-[Internal] - Add Changelog for ${currentVersion}
-
-## Test Plan:
-N/A`;
-
-      const body = {
-        title: `[RN][Changelog] Add changelog for v${currentVersion}`,
-        head: `changelog/v${currentVersion}`,
-        base: 'main',
-        body: content,
-      };
-
-      const receivedPrURL = await _createPR(currentVersion, token);
-
-      expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        'https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/react-native/pulls',
-        {
-          method: 'POST',
-          headers: headers,
-          body: JSON.stringify(body),
-        },
-      );
-      expect(receivedPrURL).toEqual(expectedPrURL);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/.github/workflow-scripts/generateChangelog.js b/.github/workflow-scripts/generateChangelog.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b01a5f8ccb..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflow-scripts/generateChangelog.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @format
- */
-
-const {log, getNpmPackageInfo, run} = require('./utils');
-
-async function _computePreviousVersionFrom(version) {
-  log(`Computing previous version from: ${version}`);
-  const regex = /^0\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(-rc\.(\d+))?$/;
-  const match = version.match(regex);
-  if (!match) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid version format: ${version}`);
-  }
-
-  const minor = match[1];
-  const patch = match[2];
-  const rc = match[4];
-
-  if (rc) {
-    if (Number(rc) > 0) {
-      return `0.${minor}.${patch}-rc.${Number(rc) - 1}`;
-    }
-    //fetch latest version on NPM
-    const latestPkg = await getNpmPackageInfo('react-native', 'latest');
-    return latestPkg.version;
-  } else {
-    if (Number(patch) === 0) {
-      // No need to generate the changelog for 0.X.0 as we already generated it from RCs
-      log(
-        `Skipping changelog generation for ${version} as we already have it from the RCs`,
-      );
-      return null;
-    }
-    return `0.${minor}.${Number(patch) - 1}`;
-  }
-}
-
-function _generateChangelog(previousVersion, version, token) {
-  log(`Generating changelog for ${version} from ${previousVersion}`);
-  run('git checkout main');
-  run('git fetch');
-  run('git pull origin main');
-  const generateChangelogCommand = `npx @rnx-kit/rn-changelog-generator --base v${previousVersion} --compare v${version} --repo . --changelog ./CHANGELOG.md --token ${token}`;
-  run(generateChangelogCommand);
-}
-
-function _pushCommit(version) {
-  log(`Pushing commit to changelog/v${version}`);
-  run(`git checkout -b changelog/v${version}`);
-  run('git add CHANGELOG.md');
-  run(`git commit -m "[RN][Changelog] Add changelog for v${version}"`);
-  run(`git push origin changelog/v${version}`);
-}
-
-async function _createPR(version, token) {
-  log('Creating changelog pr');
-  const url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/facebook/react-native/pulls';
-  const body = `
-## Summary
-Add Changelog for ${version}
-
-## Changelog:
-[Internal] - Add Changelog for ${version}
-
-## Test Plan:
-N/A`;
-
-  const response = await fetch(url, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: {
-      Accept: 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json',
-      'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
-      Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
-    },
-    body: JSON.stringify({
-      title: `[RN][Changelog] Add changelog for v${version}`,
-      head: `changelog/v${version}`,
-      base: 'main',
-      body: body,
-    }),
-  });
-
-  if (response.status !== 201) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Failed to create PR: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`,
-    );
-  }
-
-  const data = await response.json();
-  return data.html_url;
-}
-
-async function generateChangelog(version, token) {
-  if (version.startsWith('v')) {
-    version = version.substring(1);
-  }
-
-  const previousVersion = await _computePreviousVersionFrom(version);
-  if (previousVersion) {
-    log(`Previous version is ${previousVersion}`);
-    _generateChangelog(previousVersion, version, token);
-    _pushCommit(version);
-    const prURL = await _createPR(version, token);
-    log(`Created PR: ${prURL}`);
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  generateChangelog,
-  // Exported only for testing purposes:
-  _computePreviousVersionFrom,
-  _generateChangelog,
-  _pushCommit,
-  _createPR,
-};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-changelog.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff8ee8d76de..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-changelog.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-name: Generate Changelog
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  generate-changelog:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.REACT_NATIVE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/yarn-install
-      - name: Configure Git
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.email "bot@reactnative.dev"
-          git config --local user.name "React Native Bot"
-      - name: Generate Changelog
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const {generateChangelog} = require('./.github/workflow-scripts/generateChangelog');
-            const version = '${{ github.ref_name }}';
-            await generateChangelog(version, '${{secrets.REACT_NATIVE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN}}');
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
index a3e097774b3..4326c0f047f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml
@@ -290,19 +290,7 @@ jobs:
             const version = "${{ github.ref_name }}";
             await verifyArtifactsAreOnMaven(version);
 
-  # ─── Release-only: changelog, podfile bump, draft release ────────
-  generate_changelog:
-    needs: [determine_mode, publish_react_native]
-    # always() + explicit result checks: run for a successful release publish
-    # even when skipped upstream jobs would trip the implicit success() gate.
-    if: |
-      always() &&
-      needs.determine_mode.result == 'success' &&
-      needs.publish_react_native.result == 'success' &&
-      needs.determine_mode.outputs.mode == 'release'
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/generate-changelog.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-
+  # ─── Release-only: podfile bump, draft release ────────
   bump_podfile_lock:
     needs: [determine_mode, publish_react_native]
     # always() + explicit result checks: run for a successful release publish
@@ -316,13 +304,13 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   create_draft_release:
-    needs: [determine_mode, generate_changelog, set_hermes_version]
+    needs: [determine_mode, publish_react_native, set_hermes_version]
     # always() + explicit result checks: run for a successful release even when
     # skipped upstream jobs would trip the implicit success() gate.
     if: |
       always() &&
       needs.determine_mode.result == 'success' &&
-      needs.generate_changelog.result == 'success' &&
+      needs.publish_react_native.result == 'success' &&
       needs.set_hermes_version.result == 'success' &&
       needs.determine_mode.outputs.mode == 'release'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/create-draft-release.yml