diff --git a/scripts/language_stats.py b/scripts/language_stats.py
index 8326900..e9a0c1b 100644
--- a/scripts/language_stats.py
+++ b/scripts/language_stats.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
-Gitea Language Stats Action
+Gitea Language Stats
 Calculates the percentage of every programming language used
-in all repositories of a given account and writes / updates
-a markdown table inside `.profile/README.md` delimited by the
+in all repositories of a given account and prints a markdown
+table to stdout, delimited by the
 markers  <!--LANG_STATS_START--> … <!--LANG_STATS_END-->.
 
 Required environment variables
@@ -76,21 +76,5 @@ for lang, nbytes in pairs:
 
 block = "<!--LANG_STATS_START-->\n" + "".join(lines) + "<!--LANG_STATS_END-->\n"
 
-# ---------- patch .profile/README.md ----------
-readme_path = ".profile/README.md"
-os.makedirs(".profile", exist_ok=True)
-if not os.path.exists(readme_path):
-    with open(readme_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
-        fh.write(block)
-else:
-    with open(readme_path, "r+", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
-        content = fh.read()
-        if "<!--LANG_STATS_START-->" in content and "<!--LANG_STATS_END-->" in content:
-            pre  = content.split("<!--LANG_STATS_START-->")[0]
-            post = content.split("<!--LANG_STATS_END-->")[-1]
-            content = pre + block + post
-        else:
-            content = content.rstrip() + "\n\n" + block
-        fh.seek(0)
-        fh.write(content)
-        fh.truncate()
+# ---------- output markdown block ----------
+print(block)