diff --git a/models/auth/secret.go b/models/auth/secret.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e68cec240..0000000000
--- a/models/auth/secret.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package auth
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
-)
-
-type ErrSecretNameInvalid struct {
-	Name string
-}
-
-func (err ErrSecretNameInvalid) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("secret name %s is invalid", err.Name)
-}
-
-type ErrSecretDataInvalid struct {
-	Data string
-}
-
-func (err ErrSecretDataInvalid) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("secret data %s is invalid", err.Data)
-}
-
-var nameRE = regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+")
-
-// Secret represents a secret
-type Secret struct {
-	ID          int64
-	UserID      int64              `xorm:"index NOTNULL"`
-	RepoID      int64              `xorm:"index NOTNULL"`
-	Name        string             `xorm:"NOTNULL"`
-	Data        string             `xorm:"TEXT"`
-	PullRequest bool               `xorm:"NOTNULL"`
-	CreatedUnix timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"created NOTNULL"`
-}
-
-func init() {
-	db.RegisterModel(new(Secret))
-}
-
-// Validate validates the required fields and formats.
-func (s *Secret) Validate() error {
-	switch {
-	case len(s.Name) == 0:
-		return ErrSecretNameInvalid{Name: s.Name}
-	case len(s.Data) == 0:
-		return ErrSecretDataInvalid{Data: s.Data}
-	case nameRE.MatchString(s.Name):
-		return ErrSecretNameInvalid{Name: s.Name}
-	default:
-		return nil
-	}
-}