diff --git a/routers/web/devtest/devtest.go b/routers/web/devtest/devtest.go
index 7b1d2d1271..c9964eac45 100644
--- a/routers/web/devtest/devtest.go
+++ b/routers/web/devtest/devtest.go
@@ -181,19 +181,6 @@ func prepareMockDataRelativeTime(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["TimeFuture1y"] = now.Add(366 * 24 * time.Hour)
 }
 
-func prepareMockDataAvatar(ctx *context.Context) {
-	mockUsers, _ := db.Find[user_model.User](ctx, user_model.SearchUserOptions{ListOptions: db.ListOptions{PageSize: 1}})
-	ctx.Data["MockUser"] = mockUsers[0]
-	ctx.Data["AvatarSizes"] = []int{16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 40, 48, 64, 100, 128}
-	ctx.Data["SampleEmails"] = []string{
-		"alice@example.com",
-		"bob@example.org",
-		"charlie@test.io",
-		"devtest@gitea.io",
-		"noreply@example.com",
-	}
-}
-
 func prepareMockDataIconGallery(ctx *context.Context) {
 	allNames := svg.DiscoveredIconNames()
 	grouped := map[string][]string{}
@@ -219,8 +206,6 @@ func prepareMockData(ctx *context.Context) {
 		prepareMockDataBadgeActionsSvg(ctx)
 	case "/devtest/relative-time":
 		prepareMockDataRelativeTime(ctx)
-	case "/devtest/avatar":
-		prepareMockDataAvatar(ctx)
 	case "/devtest/icon-gallery":
 		prepareMockDataIconGallery(ctx)
 	}
diff --git a/templates/devtest/avatar.tmpl b/templates/devtest/avatar.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c48675f63..0000000000
--- a/templates/devtest/avatar.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-{{template "devtest/devtest-header"}}
-<div class="page-content devtest ui container">
-	<h1>Avatar</h1>
-
-	<h2>Sizes (via AvatarByEmail)</h2>
-	<p>Using <code>ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail</code> at various pixel sizes:</p>
-	<div class="flex-text-block tw-gap-4 tw-items-end">
-		{{range $size := .AvatarSizes}}
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail "devtest@example.com" "Dev Test" $size}}
-			<code>{{$size}}px</code>
-		</div>
-		{{end}}
-	</div>
-
-	<h2>User Avatars</h2>
-	<p>Using <code>ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar</code> with a real user and with <code>nil</code> (fallback):</p>
-	<div class="flex-text-block tw-gap-4 tw-items-end">
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .MockUser 28}}
-			<code>User (28px)</code>
-		</div>
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .MockUser 40}}
-			<code>User (40px)</code>
-		</div>
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .MockUser 100}}
-			<code>User (100px)</code>
-		</div>
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar nil 28}}
-			<code>nil fallback (28px)</code>
-		</div>
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar nil 40}}
-			<code>nil fallback (40px)</code>
-		</div>
-	</div>
-
-	<h2>Custom CSS Classes</h2>
-	<div class="flex-text-block tw-gap-4 tw-items-end">
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .MockUser 28 "ui avatar tw-align-middle"}}
-			<code>default class</code>
-		</div>
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .MockUser 28 "ui avatar tw-align-middle tw-rounded-full"}}
-			<code>tw-rounded-full</code>
-		</div>
-	</div>
-
-	<h2>Inline with Text</h2>
-	<div class="tw-my-2">
-		<span class="flex-text-inline">{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .MockUser 20 "ui avatar tw-align-middle"}} <a href="#">{{.MockUser.Name}}</a> opened this issue</span>
-	</div>
-	<div class="tw-my-2">
-		<span class="flex-text-inline">{{ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail "user1@example.com" "User One" 16}} User One and {{ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail "user2@example.com" "User Two" 16}} User Two</span>
-	</div>
-
-	<h2>Avatar with Link (typical pattern)</h2>
-	<div class="flex-text-block tw-gap-4">
-		<a class="flex-text-inline" href="#">{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .MockUser 28}} <strong>{{.MockUser.Name}}</strong></a>
-	</div>
-
-	<h2>Avatar Upload Cropper</h2>
-	<p>The cropper requires <code>index.js</code> (global init). The HTML structure is shown below for reference:</p>
-	<div class="ui form tw-max-w-lg">
-		{{template "shared/avatar_upload_crop" dict "LabelText" "Choose an avatar"}}
-	</div>
-
-	<h2>Multiple Email Avatars (gravatar hashing)</h2>
-	<p>Different emails produce different fallback avatars:</p>
-	<div class="flex-text-block tw-gap-2">
-		{{range $email := .SampleEmails}}
-		<div class="tw-flex tw-flex-col tw-items-center tw-gap-1">
-			{{ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail $email $email 28}}
-			<code class="gt-ellipsis" style="max-width: 100px" title="{{$email}}">{{$email}}</code>
-		</div>
-		{{end}}
-	</div>
-</div>
-{{template "devtest/devtest-footer"}}