diff --git a/files/assets/js/bootstrap.js b/files/assets/js/bootstrap.js
index 8edef480ec..3ca8f95a87 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/bootstrap.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/bootstrap.js
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ function expandDesktopImage(url) {
 		if (!url) url = e.target.src
 	}
 	document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-image").src = url.replace("200w_d.webp", "giphy.webp");
-	document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-image-link").href = url;
 	document.getElementById("desktop-expanded-image-wrap-link").href = url;
 	bootstrap.Modal.getOrCreateInstance(document.getElementById('expandImageModal')).show();
 };
diff --git a/files/templates/expanded_image_modal.html b/files/templates/expanded_image_modal.html
index 6ad5cc0028..33a1e6629f 100644
--- a/files/templates/expanded_image_modal.html
+++ b/files/templates/expanded_image_modal.html
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 					<a href="/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" id="desktop-expanded-image-wrap-link">
 						<img loading="lazy" alt="expanded image" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" src="" class="img-fluid rounded" id="desktop-expanded-image" style="min-width: 250px;min-width: max(250px,50vw)">
 					</a>
-					<div class="position-absolute d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center w-100 mt-2 ml-3">
-						<a href="/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="text-gray-500 font-weight-bold text-left text-lg" id="desktop-expanded-image-link">View original</a>
-					</div>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
diff --git a/files/templates/util/assetcache.html b/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
index ef1124abdc..fabdfc9c77 100644
--- a/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
+++ b/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set CACHE_VER = {
 	'css/win98.css': 63,
 
 	'js/award_modal.js': 254,
-	'js/bootstrap.js': 278,
+	'js/bootstrap.js': 279,
 	'js/category_modal.js': 200,
 	'js/comments+submission_listing.js': 267,
 	'js/submission_listing.js': 261,