diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/admin/WorkspaceDetail.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/admin/WorkspaceDetail.tsx
index ad8a1b8aeaeb4e..566a136cbc028f 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/admin/WorkspaceDetail.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/admin/WorkspaceDetail.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  */
 
 import { User, WorkspaceAndInstance, ContextURL } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
-import { GitpodHostUrl } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/gitpod-host-url";
 import dayjs from "dayjs";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
@@ -66,18 +65,6 @@ export default function WorkspaceDetail(props: { workspace: WorkspaceAndInstance
                     </div>
                     <p>{getProject(WorkspaceAndInstance.toWorkspace(workspace))}</p>
                 </div>
-                <button
-                    className="secondary ml-3"
-                    onClick={() => {
-                        window.location.href = new GitpodHostUrl(window.location.href)
-                            .with({
-                                pathname: `/workspace-download/get/${workspace.workspaceId}`,
-                            })
-                            .toString();
-                    }}
-                >
-                    Download Workspace
-                </button>
                 <button
                     className="danger ml-3"
                     disabled={activity || workspace.phase === "stopped"}
diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/WorkspaceEntry.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/WorkspaceEntry.tsx
index 532f8188e7d944..d522e495e26dcf 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/WorkspaceEntry.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/workspaces/WorkspaceEntry.tsx
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ export function WorkspaceEntry({ desc, model, isAdmin, stopWorkspace }: Props) {
         pathname: "/start/",
         hash: "#" + ws.id,
     });
-    const downloadURL = new GitpodHostUrl(window.location.href)
-        .with({
-            pathname: `/workspace-download/get/${ws.id}`,
-        })
-        .toString();
     const menuEntries: ContextMenuEntry[] = [
         {
             title: "Open",
@@ -91,8 +86,22 @@ export function WorkspaceEntry({ desc, model, isAdmin, stopWorkspace }: Props) {
     }
     menuEntries.push({
         title: "Download",
-        href: downloadURL,
-        download: `${ws.id}.tar`,
+        customContent: (
+            <div className="">
+                <span className="block text-gray-300">Download</span>
+                <span className="text-gray-400">
+                    Deprecated.{" "}
+                    <a
+                        href="https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/7901"
+                        className="gp-link"
+                        target="_blank"
+                        rel="noreferrer"
+                    >
+                        Learn more
+                    </a>
+                </span>
+            </div>
+        ),
     });
     if (!isAdmin) {
         menuEntries.push(