diff --git a/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js b/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js
index 45ed53afe4..22038b348b 100644
--- a/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js
+++ b/.changeset/backstage-changelog.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 const {
   default: defaultChangelogFunctions,
-} = require('@changesets/changelog-github');
+} = require('@changesets/cli/changelog');
 
 // Custom CHANGELOG generation for changesets, stolen from here with one minor change:
 // https://github.com/atlassian/changesets/blob/main/packages/cli/src/changelog/index.ts
@@ -32,34 +32,7 @@ async function getDependencyReleaseLine(changesets, dependenciesUpdated) {
   return ['- Updated dependencies', ...updatedDependenciesList].join('\n');
 }
 
-async function getReleaseLine(changeset, type, options) {
-  const { ignoreUserThanks = [], ...rest } = options ?? {};
-  const releaseLine = await defaultChangelogFunctions.getReleaseLine(
-    changeset,
-    type,
-    rest,
-  );
-
-  const ignoredUsers = new Set(ignoreUserThanks);
-  return releaseLine.replace(/Thanks\s(.*)!\s/g, (_, text) => {
-    // extracts user name and profile url from the markdown link
-    const regex = /\[@(\w+)\]\((https:\/\/github\.com\/[^\)]+)\)/g;
-
-    let matches;
-    const links = [];
-
-    while ((matches = regex.exec(text)) !== null) {
-      const [, user, url] = matches;
-      if (!ignoredUsers.has(user)) {
-        links.push(`[@${user}](${url})`);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return links.length ? `Thanks ${links.join(', ')}! ` : '';
-  });
-}
-
 module.exports = {
-  getReleaseLine,
+  getReleaseLine: defaultChangelogFunctions.getReleaseLine,
   getDependencyReleaseLine,
 };
diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
index 94e435bd93..283caa6ac4 100644
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@changesets/config@1.3.0/schema.json",
-  "changelog": [
-    "./backstage-changelog.js",
-    {
-      "repo": "backstage/backstage",
-      "ignoreUserThanks": [
-        "benjdlambert",
-        "freben",
-        "jhaals",
-        "Rugvip",
-        "renovate",
-        "dependabot"
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
+  "changelog": "./backstage-changelog.js",
   "commit": false,
   "linked": [],
   "access": "public",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a13b7463f2..10645d341e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
   "version": "1.20.0-next.2",
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
-    "@changesets/changelog-github": "^0.4.8",
     "@manypkg/get-packages": "^1.1.3",
     "@useoptic/optic": "^0.50.10"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6534e7d908..15365689ff 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10415,17 +10415,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@changesets/changelog-github@npm:^0.4.8":
-  version: 0.4.8
-  resolution: "@changesets/changelog-github@npm:0.4.8"
-  dependencies:
-    "@changesets/get-github-info": ^0.5.2
-    "@changesets/types": ^5.2.1
-    dotenv: ^8.1.0
-  checksum: 8a357cc08757e0eeca267ee05141f68bef936582abef8b78a5d30d99f5a86e41b7d3debba70992b73b2f57b0fc6201ec1cc3c65116930167ee3197b427b865c5
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@changesets/cli@npm:^2.14.0":
   version: 2.26.2
   resolution: "@changesets/cli@npm:2.26.2"
@@ -10506,16 +10495,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@changesets/get-github-info@npm:^0.5.2":
-  version: 0.5.2
-  resolution: "@changesets/get-github-info@npm:0.5.2"
-  dependencies:
-    dataloader: ^1.4.0
-    node-fetch: ^2.5.0
-  checksum: 067e07eeaecdbedbd1c715513c4aa6206a941bd1d3af292d067792808c6fa6644caad2b35fba614a44892559c031c234df8028f8d2abd4cb2682d48080ef5df3
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@changesets/get-release-plan@npm:^3.0.17":
   version: 3.0.17
   resolution: "@changesets/get-release-plan@npm:3.0.17"
@@ -25208,13 +25187,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"dataloader@npm:^1.4.0":
-  version: 1.4.0
-  resolution: "dataloader@npm:1.4.0"
-  checksum: e2c93d43afde68980efc0cd9ff48e9851116e27a9687f863e02b56d46f7e7868cc762cd6dcbaf4197e1ca850a03651510c165c2ae24b8e9843fd894002ad0e20
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "dataloader@npm:^2.0.0, dataloader@npm:^2.2.2":
   version: 2.2.2
   resolution: "dataloader@npm:2.2.2"
@@ -25999,13 +25971,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"dotenv@npm:^8.1.0":
-  version: 8.6.0
-  resolution: "dotenv@npm:8.6.0"
-  checksum: 38e902c80b0666ab59e9310a3d24ed237029a7ce34d976796349765ac96b8d769f6df19090f1f471b77a25ca391971efde8a1ea63bb83111bd8bec8e5cc9b2cd
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "drange@npm:^1.0.2":
   version: 1.1.1
   resolution: "drange@npm:1.1.1"
@@ -36192,7 +36157,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-fetch@npm:^2.5.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.12, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.5, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
+"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.12, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.5, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
   version: 2.7.0
   resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.7.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -41297,7 +41262,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/e2e-test-utils": "workspace:*"
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/repo-tools": "workspace:*"
-    "@changesets/changelog-github": ^0.4.8
     "@changesets/cli": ^2.14.0
     "@manypkg/get-packages": ^1.1.3
     "@octokit/rest": ^19.0.3