diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index c46bf8933..9fef22fc5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
     end
     @path = Gitea.gitea_config[:domain]+"/#{@owner.login}/#{@repository.identifier}/raw/branch/#{params[:ref]}/"
     @readme = result[:status] === :success ? result[:body] : nil
-    @readme['content'] = decode64_readme_content(@readme, @owner, @repository, params[:ref], @path)
+    @readme['content'] = decode64_content(@readme, @owner, @repository, params[:ref], @path)
     render json: @readme.slice("type", "encoding", "size", "name", "path", "content", "sha")
   rescue 
     render json: nil
diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index 506263a8e..62d27a743 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -110,18 +110,10 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
     date.to_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
   end
 
-  def decode64_readme_content(entry, owner, repo, ref, path=nil)
-    if is_readme?(entry['type'], entry['name'])
-      path = URI.escape(entry['path']).to_s.downcase.gsub("/readme.md","")
-      readme_render_decode64_content(entry['content'], owner, repo, ref, path)
-    else
-      render_decode64_content(entry['content'])
-    end
-  end
-
   def decode64_content(entry, owner, repo, ref, path=nil)
     if is_readme?(entry['type'], entry['name'])
-      content = Gitea::Repository::Entries::GetService.call(owner, repo.identifier, URI.escape(entry['path']), ref: ref)['content']
+      # content = Gitea::Repository::Entries::GetService.call(owner, repo.identifier, URI.escape(entry['path']), ref: ref)['content']
+      content = entry['content']
       path = URI.escape(entry['path']).to_s.downcase.gsub("/readme.md","")
       readme_render_decode64_content(content, owner, repo, ref, path)
     else