diff --git a/options/locale_next/locale_en-US.json b/options/locale_next/locale_en-US.json
index 84fe845e77..0d98d4623c 100644
--- a/options/locale_next/locale_en-US.json
+++ b/options/locale_next/locale_en-US.json
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@
 	"relativetime.1week": "last week",
 	"relativetime.1month": "last month",
 	"relativetime.1year": "last year",
-	"repo.files.caption": "Repository files (latest commit first)",
-	"repo.files.filename": "Filename",
-	"repo.files.last_commit_message": "Latest commit message",
-	"repo.files.last_commit_date": "Latest commit date",
 	"repo.issues.filter_poster.hint": "Filter by the author",
 	"repo.issues.filter_assignee.hint": "Filter by assigned user",
 	"repo.issues.filter_reviewers.hint": "Filter by user who reviewed",
diff --git a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
index 75f53c1b5f..ffd8b1a515 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 <table id="repo-files-table" class="ui single line table tw-mt-0" {{if .HasFilesWithoutLatestCommit}}hx-indicator="tr.notready td.message span" hx-trigger="load" hx-swap="morph" hx-post="{{.LastCommitLoaderURL}}"{{end}}>
-	<caption class="tw-sr-only">
-		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.files.caption"}}
-	</caption>
-	<thead class="tw-sr-only">
-		<th>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.files.filename"}}</th>
-		<th>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.files.last_commit_message"}}</th>
-		<th>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.files.last_commit_date"}}</th>
-	</thead>
-	<tbody>
+	<thead>
 		<tr class="commit-list">
-			<td class="tw-overflow-hidden" colspan="2">
+			<th class="tw-overflow-hidden" colspan="2">
 				<div class="tw-flex">
 					<div class="latest-commit">
 						{{template "repo/latest_commit" .}}
 					</div>
 				</div>
-			</td>
-			<td class="text grey right age">{{if .LatestCommit}}{{if .LatestCommit.Committer}}{{DateUtils.TimeSince .LatestCommit.Committer.When}}{{end}}{{end}}</td>
+			</th>
+			<th class="text grey right age">{{if .LatestCommit}}{{if .LatestCommit.Committer}}{{DateUtils.TimeSince .LatestCommit.Committer.When}}{{end}}{{end}}</th>
 		</tr>
+	</thead>
+	<tbody>
 		{{if .HasParentPath}}
 			<tr class="has-parent">
 				<td colspan="3"><a class="muted" href="{{.BranchLink}}{{if .ParentPath}}{{PathEscapeSegments .ParentPath}}{{end}}">{{svg "octicon-reply" 16 "tw-mr-2"}}..</a></td>
diff --git a/tests/integration/repo_test.go b/tests/integration/repo_test.go
index 2f189bf7a8..1b4a574f13 100644
--- a/tests/integration/repo_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/repo_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func testViewRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 
 	htmlDoc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
-	files := htmlDoc.doc.Find("#repo-files-table > tbody > tr:not(.commit-list)")
+	files := htmlDoc.doc.Find("#repo-files-table  > TBODY > TR")
 
 	type file struct {
 		fileName   string
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ func TestRepoFilesList(t *testing.T) {
 		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 
 		htmlDoc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
-		filesList := htmlDoc.Find("#repo-files-table tbody tr:not(.commit-list)").Map(func(_ int, s *goquery.Selection) string {
+		filesList := htmlDoc.Find("#repo-files-table tbody tr").Map(func(_ int, s *goquery.Selection) string {
 			return s.AttrOr("data-entryname", "")
 		})
 
diff --git a/web_src/css/repo.css b/web_src/css/repo.css
index 66b1d5df71..00f159f33b 100644
--- a/web_src/css/repo.css
+++ b/web_src/css/repo.css
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ td .commit-summary {
   max-width: calc(calc(min(100vw, 1280px)) - 145px - calc(2 * var(--page-margin-x)));
 }
 
-.repo-files-table-latest-commit-row td {
+.repository.file.list #repo-files-table thead th {
   font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);
 }