diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy-to-github-pages/action.yml b/.github/actions/deploy-to-github-pages/action.yml
index 231894a6e5..5c8eb4c96d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy-to-github-pages/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy-to-github-pages/action.yml
@@ -85,25 +85,6 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: npx -y pagefind@${{ env.PAGEFIND_VERSION }} --site public
 
-    - name: Temporarily copy some Rails assets to help the transition
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        # To help with the transition from the Rails app to the Hugo/Pagefind site, where
-        # at least for a while the cached version of git-scm.com might be served via
-        # Cloudflare, according to the first transition attempt on Sep 20, 2024, potentially
-        # partially, i.e. _some_ assets might still be cached, _some_ others might not, let's
-        # copy the most prominent assets to the new page so that, say, the original front page
-        # won't fail to load the style sheet and Javascript libraries that it needs.
-        set -x &&
-        mkdir -p public/assets &&
-        for f in application-93865c5c820c24f4c599e8b9c544bcd8a0d03260f9b16c9ba80b6a00082112c9.css \
-          application-f7a750114a26afea236a5cc26f6ff3925a14c5901e9ea9018fb869432d0cbee3.js \
-          modernize-b3ebe0c31c24f230dc62179d3e1030d2e57a53b1668d9382c0a27dbd44a94beb.js
-        do
-          curl -Lfo public/assets/$f https://git-scm.com/assets/$f ||
-          echo "::error::could not copy $f from https://git-scm.com/" >&2
-        done
-
     - name: upload GitHub Pages artifact
       uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ff035e2b6e..c76bad3792 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ jobs:
         curl -Lo /tmp/hugo.deb https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v$HUGO_VERSION/hugo_extended_${HUGO_VERSION}_linux-amd64.deb &&
         sudo dpkg -i /tmp/hugo.deb
 
-    - name: work around a broken link
-      # See https://github.com/jnavila/git-manpages-l10n/pull/131;
-      # A space is missing in "https://git-scm.com/docs上查看"
-      run: |
-        sed -i 's,\(href="\(https://git-scm.com/docs\)\)\(上查看\)"\([^>]*>\)\2\3\(</a>\),\1"\4\1\5 \3,p' \
-          external/docs/content/docs/git/zh_HANS-CN.html
-
     - name: run Hugo to build the pages
       run: hugo