diff --git a/app/index.html b/app/index.html
index 576d861d..1fc8e993 100644
--- a/app/index.html
+++ b/app/index.html
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="../node_modules/ejs/ejs.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="../node_modules/ejs-render-remote/ejs-render-remote.js"></script>
-	<script type="text/javascript" src="js/templates.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="js/sorttable.js"></script>
 
 	<link href="../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
diff --git a/app/js/templates.js b/app/js/templates.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a52d71ae..00000000
--- a/app/js/templates.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-window.gitlit = window.gitlit || {};
-gitlit.templates = {
-	main: ejs.compile(`
-		<div class="alert alert-success js-repo-dir" style="display:none;"></div>
-		<div class="files-table-container">
-			<div class="alert alert-primary" role="alert">
-				Getting file list...
-			</div>
-		</div>
-	`),
-	files: ejs.compile(`
-		<table class="table table-striped sortable js-filestable">
-			<thead class="thead-light">
-				<tr>
-					<th>file</th>
-					<th>status</th>
-					<th class="sorttable_nosort">action</th>
-				</tr>
-			<thead>
-
-			<tbody>
-			<% files.forEach((file) => { %>
-				<tr>
-					<td><%= file.file %></td>
-					<td><%= file.lockedBy ? file.lockedBy + ' (id: ' + file.id + ')' : 'not locked' %></td>
-					<td>
-						<a class="btn btn-primary btn-sm js-lock"
-							href="javascript:///"
-							data-file="<%= file.file %>"
-							style="<%= file.lockedBy ? 'display: none;' : '' %>"
-						>
-							Lock
-						</a>
-						<a class="btn btn-danger btn-sm js-unlock"
-							href="javascript:///"
-							data-file="<%= file.file %>"
-							style="<%= file.lockedBy ? '' : 'display: none;' %>"
-						>
-							Unlock
-						</a>
-					</td>
-				</tr>
-			<% }); %>
-			</tbody>
-		</table>
-
-		<div class="float-right">
-			<a class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm js-refresh" href="javascript:///">
-				Refresh
-			</a>
-		</div>
-	`),
-	isNoGitLfsRepo: ejs.compile(`
-		<div class="alert alert-danger">
-			<%= repoDir %> is not a git lfs repo.
-		</div>
-	`),
-	noGitLfsFiles: ejs.compile(`
-		<div class="alert alert-info">
-			no files tracked with lfs here.
-		</div>
-	`)
-};