diff --git a/appview/pages/pages.go b/appview/pages/pages.go
index 5c079f82..53b09fb9 100644
--- a/appview/pages/pages.go
+++ b/appview/pages/pages.go
@@ -709,15 +709,11 @@ func (p *Pages) RepoCommit(w io.Writer, params RepoCommitParams) error {
 }
 
 type RepoTreeParams struct {
-	LoggedInUser   *oauth.User
-	RepoInfo       repoinfo.RepoInfo
-	Active         string
-	BreadCrumbs    [][]string
-	TreePath       string
-	Readme         string
-	ReadmeFileName string
-	HTMLReadme     template.HTML
-	Raw            bool
+	LoggedInUser *oauth.User
+	RepoInfo     repoinfo.RepoInfo
+	Active       string
+	BreadCrumbs  [][]string
+	TreePath     string
 	types.RepoTreeResponse
 }
 
@@ -744,22 +740,6 @@ func (r RepoTreeParams) TreeStats() RepoTreeStats {
 
 func (p *Pages) RepoTree(w io.Writer, params RepoTreeParams) error {
 	params.Active = "overview"
-
-	if params.ReadmeFileName != "" {
-		params.ReadmeFileName = filepath.Base(params.ReadmeFileName)
-
-		ext := filepath.Ext(params.ReadmeFileName)
-		switch ext {
-		case ".md", ".markdown", ".mdown", ".mkdn", ".mkd":
-			params.Raw = false
-			htmlString := p.rctx.RenderMarkdown(params.Readme)
-			sanitized := p.rctx.SanitizeDefault(htmlString)
-			params.HTMLReadme = template.HTML(sanitized)
-		default:
-			params.Raw = true
-		}
-	}
-
 	return p.executeRepo("repo/tree", w, params)
 }
 
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
index a5766416..53d1487e 100644
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
@@ -88,9 +88,3 @@
   </div>
 </main>
 {{end}}
-
-{{ define "repoAfter" }}
-    {{- if or .HTMLReadme .Readme -}}
-        {{ template "repo/fragments/readme" . }}
-    {{- end -}}
-{{ end }}
diff --git a/appview/repo/repo.go b/appview/repo/repo.go
index fb47ca4b..f6c2c393 100644
--- a/appview/repo/repo.go
+++ b/appview/repo/repo.go
@@ -449,28 +449,6 @@ func (rp *Repo) RepoTree(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// readme content
-	var (
-		readmeContent  string
-		readmeFileName string
-	)
-
-	for _, filename := range markup.ReadmeFilenames {
-		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", treePath, filename)
-		blobResp, err := tangled.RepoBlob(r.Context(), xrpcc, path, false, ref, repo)
-		if err != nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if blobResp == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		readmeContent = blobResp.Content
-		readmeFileName = path
-		break
-	}
-
 	// Convert XRPC response to internal types.RepoTreeResponse
 	files := make([]types.NiceTree, len(xrpcResp.Files))
 	for i, xrpcFile := range xrpcResp.Files {
@@ -532,8 +510,6 @@ func (rp *Repo) RepoTree(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		BreadCrumbs:      breadcrumbs,
 		TreePath:         treePath,
 		RepoInfo:         f.RepoInfo(user),
-		Readme:           readmeContent,
-		ReadmeFileName:   readmeFileName,
 		RepoTreeResponse: result,
 	})
 }