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@@ -12,17 +12,7 @@ Contributing to Scrapy
 There are many ways to contribute to Scrapy. Here are some of them:
 
 * Contribute to Scrapy by fixing currently available issues in the repository.
-  Scrapy has a list of `good first issues`_ and `help wanted issues`_ that you
-  can work on. These issues are a great way to get started with contributing to
-  Scrapy. If you're new to the codebase, you may want to focus on documentation
-  or testing-related issues, as they are always useful and can help you get
-  more familiar with the project. You can also check Scrapy's `test coverage`_
-  to see which areas may benefit from more tests.
-
-* Participate in the `Google Summer of Code (GSoC)`_ program. Scrapy is a
-  mentoring organization for GSoC, and we welcome students who are interested
-  in contributing to Scrapy. Visit the `GSoC website`_ for more information on
-  how to participate.
+  See :ref:`contributing-to-scrapy-codebase` below for more information.
 
 * Blog about Scrapy. Tell the world how you're using Scrapy. This will help
   newcomers with more examples and will help the Scrapy project to increase its
@@ -41,6 +31,16 @@ There are many ways to contribute to Scrapy. Here are some of them:
 * Answer Scrapy questions at
   `Stack Overflow <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/scrapy>`__.
 
+===============================
+Contributing to Scrapy codebase
+===============================
+
+Scrapy has a list of `good first issues`_ and `help wanted issues`_ that you
+can work on. These issues are a great way to get started with contributing to
+Scrapy. If you're new to the codebase, you may want to focus on documentation
+or testing-related issues, as they are always useful and can help you get
+more familiar with the project. You can also check Scrapy's `test coverage`_
+to see which areas may benefit from more tests.
 
 Reporting bugs
 ==============
@@ -329,6 +329,4 @@ And their unit-tests are in::
 .. _pytest-xdist: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist
 .. _good first issues: https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
 .. _help wanted issues: https://github.com/scrapy/scrapy/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22
-.. _Google Summer of Code (GSoC): https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
-.. _GSoC website: https://gsoc2022.zyte.com/participate
 .. _test coverage: https://app.codecov.io/gh/scrapy/scrapy
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