diff --git a/website/src/components/HeadCommonNew.astro b/website/src/components/HeadCommonNew.astro
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f323a7a..00000000
--- a/website/src/components/HeadCommonNew.astro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
----
-import { pwaInfo } from 'virtual:pwa-info';
-import '../styles/index.css';
-
-const { BASE_URL } = import.meta.env;
-const baseNoTrailing = BASE_URL.endsWith('/') ? BASE_URL.slice(0, -1) : BASE_URL;
----
-
-<!-- Global Metadata -->
-<meta charset="utf-8" />
-<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
-<meta name="generator" content={Astro.generator} />
-
-<link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href={`${baseNoTrailing}/favicon.ico`} />
-
-<meta
-  name="description"
-  content="Strudel is a music live coding environment for the browser, porting the TidalCycles pattern language to JavaScript."
-/>
-<link rel="icon" href={`${baseNoTrailing}/favicon.ico`} />
-<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href={`${baseNoTrailing}/icons/apple-icon-180.png`} sizes="180x180" />
-<meta name="theme-color" content="#222222" />
-
-<base href={BASE_URL} />
-
-<!-- Scrollable a11y code helper -->
-<script src{`${baseNoTrailing}/make-scrollable-code-focusable.js`} is:inline></script>
-
-<script src="/src/pwa.ts"></script>
-<!-- this does not work for some reason: -->
-<!-- <style is:global define:vars={strudelTheme}></style> -->
-<!-- the following variables are just a fallback to make sure everything is readable without JS -->
-<style is:global>
-  :root {
-    --background: #222;
-    --lineBackground: #22222299;
-    --foreground: #fff;
-    --caret: #ffcc00;
-    --selection: rgba(128, 203, 196, 0.5);
-    --selectionMatch: #036dd626;
-    --lineHighlight: #00000050;
-    --gutterBackground: transparent;
-    --gutterForeground: #8a919966;
-  }
-</style>
-{pwaInfo && <Fragment set:html={pwaInfo.webManifest.linkTag} />}
-
-<script>
-  // https://medium.com/quick-code/100vh-problem-with-ios-safari-92ab23c852a8
-  const appHeight = () => {
-    const doc = document.documentElement;
-    doc.style.setProperty('--app-height', `${window.innerHeight - 1}px`);
-  };
-  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
-    window.addEventListener('resize', appHeight);
-    appHeight();
-  }
-</script>
diff --git a/website/src/pages/vanilla/index.astro b/website/src/pages/vanilla/index.astro
index d5c41d6d..d4ea40b8 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/vanilla/index.astro
+++ b/website/src/pages/vanilla/index.astro
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
----
-import HeadCommonNew from '../../components/HeadCommonNew.astro';
----
-
 <html lang="en" class="dark">
   <head>
-    <HeadCommonNew />
     <title>Strudel Vanilla REPL</title>
   </head>
   <body class="h-app-height">
