diff --git a/internal/git/git.go b/internal/git/git.go
index fcdb9e3b5cdcc77415c2cb001c2c5f6294cce189..72140d8bf1ba6099128f5716b2ac525422891cc8 100644
--- a/internal/git/git.go
+++ b/internal/git/git.go
@@ -127,21 +127,6 @@
 	return fis, nil
 }
 
-// GetCommitFromRef returns the commit object for a given ref
-func (r Repo) GetCommitFromRef(ref string) (*object.Commit, error) {
-	g, err := r.Git()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	hash, err := g.ResolveRevision(plumbing.Revision(ref))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return g.CommitObject(*hash)
-}
-
 // FileContent returns the content of a file in the git tree at a given ref/rev
 func (r Repo) FileContent(ref, file string) (string, error) {
 	t, err := r.Tree(ref)
diff --git a/internal/html/repo_file.go b/internal/html/repo_file.go
index 981121c907f7f14da2dc9c20dba1b5eba9bb1f94..6dd3cb13080a68e45577f5b11ef5ae2f27836dd4 100644
--- a/internal/html/repo_file.go
+++ b/internal/html/repo_file.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package html
 
 import (
 	_ "embed"
-	"fmt"
 
 	. "maragu.dev/gomponents"
 	. "maragu.dev/gomponents/html"
@@ -12,24 +11,19 @@ type RepoFileContext struct {
 	BaseContext
 	RepoHeaderComponentContext
 	RepoBreadcrumbComponentContext
-	Code   string
-	Commit string
-	Path   string
+	Code string
 }
 
 //go:embed repo_file.js
 var repoFileJS string
 
 func RepoFileTemplate(rfc RepoFileContext) Node {
-	permalink := fmt.Sprintf("/%s/tree/%s/%s", rfc.RepoBreadcrumbComponentContext.Repo, rfc.Commit, rfc.Path)
 	return base(rfc.BaseContext, []Node{
 		repoHeaderComponent(rfc.RepoHeaderComponentContext),
 		Div(Class("mt-2 text-text"),
 			repoBreadcrumbComponent(rfc.RepoBreadcrumbComponentContext),
 			Text(" - "),
 			A(Class("text-text underline decoration-text/50 decoration-dashed hover:decoration-solid"), Href("?raw"), Text("raw")),
-			Text(" - "),
-			A(Class("text-text underline decoration-text/50 decoration-dashed hover:decoration-solid"), ID("permalink"), Data("permalink", permalink), Href(permalink), Text("permalink")),
 			Div(Class("code relative"),
 				Raw(rfc.Code),
 				Button(ID("copy"), Class("absolute top-0 right-0 rounded bg-base hover:bg-surface0")),
diff --git a/internal/html/repo_file.js b/internal/html/repo_file.js
index 9dd234f3506d5b585302801b09f0f5fff9da75e3..42d5a24594d926585c205b6ad21083156b0717a3 100644
--- a/internal/html/repo_file.js
+++ b/internal/html/repo_file.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const lineRe = /#L(\d+)(?:-L(\d+))?/g
 const $lineLines = document.querySelectorAll(".chroma .lntable .lnt");
 const $codeLines = document.querySelectorAll(".chroma .lntable .line");
 const $copyButton = document.getElementById('copy');
-const $permalink = document.getElementById('permalink');
 const $copyIcon = "📋";
 const $copiedIcon = "✅";
 let $code = ""
@@ -14,12 +13,9 @@ if (0 in results) {
     start = results[0][1] !== undefined ? parseInt(results[0][1]) : 0;
     end = results[0][2] !== undefined ? parseInt(results[0][2]) : 0;
 }
-if (start !== 0) {
+if (start != 0) {
     deactivateLines();
     activateLines(start, end);
-    let anchor = `#${start}`;
-    if (end !== 0) anchor += `-${end}`;
-    if (anchor !== "") $permalink.href = $permalink.dataset.permalink + anchor;
     $lineLines[start - 1].scrollIntoView(true);
 }
 for (let line of $lineLines) {
@@ -31,17 +27,13 @@         let anchor = "";
         if (event.shiftKey) {
             end = n;
             anchor = `#L${start}-L${end}`;
-        } else if (start === n) {
-            start = 0;
-            end = 0;
         } else {
             start = n;
             end = 0;
             anchor = `#L${start}`;
         }
-        history.replaceState(null, null, window.location.pathname + anchor);
-        $permalink.href = $permalink.dataset.permalink + anchor;
-        if (start !== 0) activateLines(start, end);
+        history.replaceState(null, null, anchor);
+        activateLines(start, end);
     });
 }
 if (navigator.clipboard && navigator.clipboard.writeText) {
diff --git a/internal/http/repo.go b/internal/http/repo.go
index c47811a32038309bdf8c543677496195ff195114..5382b7df068dc84b7d2a2482a9bb901361b52667 100644
--- a/internal/http/repo.go
+++ b/internal/http/repo.go
@@ -92,21 +92,11 @@ 	if err := markup.Convert([]byte(content), filepath.Base(path), "L", &buf); err != nil {
 		return httperr.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	commit := ref
-	if len(ref) < 40 {
-		commitObj, err := repo.GetCommitFromRef(ref)
-		if err == nil {
-			commit = commitObj.Hash.String()
-		}
-	}
-
 	if err := html.RepoFileTemplate(html.RepoFileContext{
 		BaseContext:                    rh.baseContext(),
 		RepoHeaderComponentContext:     rh.repoHeaderContext(repo, r),
 		RepoBreadcrumbComponentContext: rh.repoBreadcrumbContext(repo, r, path),
 		Code:                           buf.String(),
-		Commit:                         commit,
-		Path:                           path,
 	}).Render(w); err != nil {
 		return httperr.Error(err)
 	}