diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 48ba3e8f9742..2b5d21ddf967 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -928,11 +928,8 @@ trigger:
 
 steps:
   - name: build-docs
-    image: plugins/hugo:latest
-    pull: always
+    image: golang:1.19
     commands:
-      # https://github.com/drone-plugins/drone-hugo/issues/36
-      - apk upgrade --no-cache libcurl && apk add --no-cache make bash curl
       - cd docs
       - make trans-copy clean build
 
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 68afe03e75fe..fcc932c07dca 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ THEME := themes/gitea
 PUBLIC := public
 ARCHIVE := https://dl.gitea.io/theme/master.tar.gz
 
+HUGO_PACKAGE := github.com/gohugoio/hugo@v0.81.0
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
 
@@ -11,19 +13,19 @@ clean:
 
 .PHONY: trans-copy
 trans-copy:
-	@bash scripts/trans-copy
+	bash scripts/trans-copy.sh
 
 .PHONY: server
 server: $(THEME)
-	hugo server
+	go run $(HUGO_PACKAGE) server
 
 .PHONY: build
 build: $(THEME)
-	hugo --cleanDestinationDir
+	go run $(HUGO_PACKAGE) --cleanDestinationDir
 
 .PHONY: build-offline
 build-offline: $(THEME)
-	hugo --baseURL="/" --cleanDestinationDir
+	go run $(HUGO_PACKAGE) --baseURL="/" --cleanDestinationDir
 
 .PHONY: update
 update: $(THEME)
diff --git a/docs/scripts/trans-copy b/docs/scripts/trans-copy.sh
similarity index 93%
rename from docs/scripts/trans-copy
rename to docs/scripts/trans-copy.sh
index 773219288553..7374ab9e7311 100755
--- a/docs/scripts/trans-copy
+++ b/docs/scripts/trans-copy.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ for SOURCE in $(find ${ROOT}/content -type f -iname *.en-us.md); do
     DEST="${SOURCE%.en-us.md}.${LOCALE}.md"
 
     if [[ ! -f ${DEST} ]]; then
-      echo "Creating fallback for ${DEST#${ROOT}/content/}"
       cp ${SOURCE} ${DEST}
       sed -i.bak "s/en\-us/${LOCALE}/g" ${DEST}
       rm ${DEST}.bak