diff --git a/files/templates/default.html b/files/templates/default.html
index 96837c0243..ea5dcba3bf 100644
--- a/files/templates/default.html
+++ b/files/templates/default.html
@@ -489,8 +489,6 @@
 
 		function expandDesktopVideo(video, link) {
 
-		// Link text
-
 			var linkText = document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-video-link");
 			var inlineVideo = document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-video");
 
@@ -498,22 +496,13 @@
 			linkText.href = video;
 
 			linkText.textContent = 'View original';
-			};
+		};
 
 		function expandDesktopVideo2(video, link) {
 
-		// Link text
-
-			var linkText = document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-video-link");
 			var inlineVideo = document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-video2");
-
-			str = `<video controls="" preload="metadata" style="max-width: 100%"><source src="${video}" type="video/mp4"></video>`
-
-			inlineVideo.innerHTML = str;
-			linkText.href = video;
-
-			linkText.textContent = 'View original';
-			};
+			inlineVideo.innerHTML = `<video controls="" preload="metadata" style="max-width: 100%"><source src="${video}" type="video/mp4"></video>`;
+		};
 
 
 		post_comment=function(fullname){
diff --git a/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html b/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html
index dc2dbf2422..8ae3e24e47 100644
--- a/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html
+++ b/files/templates/expanded_video_modal2.html
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 
 			<div class="modal-body text-center p-0">
 				<div class="d-inline-block position-relative" id="desktop-expanded-video2">
-					<div class="position-absolute d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center w-100 mt-1">
-						<a href="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="text-gray-500 font-weight-bold text-left" id="desktop-expanded-video-link">View original</a>
-					</div>
 				</div>
 			</div>