diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
index 7e6cc40..615536e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-to-gitea.yml
@@ -50,30 +50,11 @@ jobs:
           if [ -z "$TARGET_URL" ]; then
             echo "Owner guess failed; searching accessible repos via Gitea API"
             API_URL="https://${GITEA_HOST}/api/v1/repos/search?q=${REPO_NAME}&limit=100"
-            TARGET_URL="$(python3 - <<'PY'
-import json
-import os
-import urllib.request
-
-req = urllib.request.Request(
-    os.environ["API_URL"],
-    headers={"Authorization": f"token {os.environ['GITEA_TOKEN']}"},
-)
-with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=20) as resp:
-    payload = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
-
-repo_name = os.environ["REPO_NAME"].lower()
-username = os.environ["GITEA_USERNAME"]
-host = os.environ["GITEA_HOST"]
-token = os.environ["GITEA_TOKEN"]
-
-for repo in payload.get("data", []):
-    full_name = str(repo.get("full_name", ""))
-    if full_name.lower().endswith("/" + repo_name):
-        print(f"https://{username}:{token}@{host}/{full_name}.git")
-        break
-PY
-)"
+            API_JSON="$(curl -fsS -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" "${API_URL}" || true)"
+            TARGET_FULL_NAME="$(printf '%s' "$API_JSON" | jq -r --arg repo "$REPO_NAME" '[.data[]?.full_name | select((ascii_downcase | endswith("/" + ($repo | ascii_downcase))))][0] // empty')"
+            if [ -n "$TARGET_FULL_NAME" ]; then
+              TARGET_URL="https://${GITEA_USERNAME}:${GITEA_TOKEN}@${GITEA_HOST}/${TARGET_FULL_NAME}.git"
+            fi
             if [ -n "$TARGET_URL" ]; then
               echo "Resolved Gitea target via API"
             fi