diff --git a/lua/nuwiki/install.lua b/lua/nuwiki/install.lua
index 85b1d5f..350d501 100644
--- a/lua/nuwiki/install.lua
+++ b/lua/nuwiki/install.lua
@@ -66,28 +66,6 @@ local function build_from_source(dest)
   return vim.fn.executable(dest) == 1
 end
 
--- Gitea API base for this repo. Gitea has no GitHub-style
--- `/releases/latest/download/<asset>` shortcut, so resolve the asset's real
--- download URL (`browser_download_url`) through the API instead.
-local REPO_API = 'https://code.gfran.co/api/v1/repos/gffranco/nuwiki'
-
-local function latest_asset_url(asset_name)
-  local body = vim.fn.system({ 'curl', '-fsSL', REPO_API .. '/releases/latest' })
-  if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
-    return nil
-  end
-  local ok, release = pcall(vim.json.decode, body)
-  if not ok or type(release) ~= 'table' or type(release.assets) ~= 'table' then
-    return nil
-  end
-  for _, a in ipairs(release.assets) do
-    if a.name == asset_name then
-      return a.browser_download_url
-    end
-  end
-  return nil
-end
-
 local function download_release(dest)
   local target = target_triple()
   if not target then
@@ -96,10 +74,13 @@ local function download_release(dest)
   if vim.fn.executable('curl') ~= 1 or vim.fn.executable('tar') ~= 1 then
     return false
   end
-  local url = latest_asset_url('nuwiki-ls-' .. target .. '.tar.gz')
-  if not url then
-    return false
-  end
+  -- Gitea serves the most recent release under the `latest` tag segment
+  -- (`/releases/download/latest/<asset>`). Note this is NOT GitHub's
+  -- `/releases/latest/download/<asset>` shape, which Gitea 404s.
+  local url = string.format(
+    'https://code.gfran.co/gffranco/nuwiki/releases/download/latest/nuwiki-ls-%s.tar.gz',
+    target
+  )
   local archive = vim.fn.tempname() .. '.tar.gz'
   vim.fn.system({ 'curl', '-fsSL', '-o', archive, url })
   if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
diff --git a/scripts/download_bin.vim b/scripts/download_bin.vim
index da9e4e1..d3b32c1 100644
--- a/scripts/download_bin.vim
+++ b/scripts/download_bin.vim
@@ -48,30 +48,6 @@ function! s:build_from_source() abort
   return executable(s:bin)
 endfunction
 
-" Gitea has no GitHub-style /releases/latest/download/<asset> shortcut, so
-" resolve the asset's real download URL (browser_download_url) via the API.
-function! s:latest_asset_url(asset) abort
-  let l:api = 'https://code.gfran.co/api/v1/repos/gffranco/nuwiki/releases/latest'
-  let l:body = system('curl -fsSL ' . shellescape(l:api))
-  if v:shell_error != 0
-    return ''
-  endif
-  try
-    let l:release = json_decode(l:body)
-  catch
-    return ''
-  endtry
-  if type(l:release) != type({}) || !has_key(l:release, 'assets')
-    return ''
-  endif
-  for l:item in l:release.assets
-    if get(l:item, 'name', '') ==# a:asset
-      return get(l:item, 'browser_download_url', '')
-    endif
-  endfor
-  return ''
-endfunction
-
 function! s:download_release() abort
   let l:target = s:target()
   if empty(l:target)
@@ -80,10 +56,11 @@ function! s:download_release() abort
   if !executable('curl') || !executable('tar')
     return 0
   endif
-  let l:url = s:latest_asset_url('nuwiki-ls-' . l:target . '.tar.gz')
-  if empty(l:url)
-    return 0
-  endif
+  " Gitea serves the most recent release under the `latest` tag segment
+  " (/releases/download/latest/<asset>). NOT GitHub's
+  " /releases/latest/download/<asset> shape, which Gitea 404s.
+  let l:url = 'https://code.gfran.co/gffranco/nuwiki/releases/download/latest/nuwiki-ls-'
+        \ . l:target . '.tar.gz'
   let l:archive = tempname() . '.tar.gz'
   call system('curl -fsSL -o ' . shellescape(l:archive) . ' ' . shellescape(l:url))
   if v:shell_error != 0