diff --git a/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/utils.py b/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/utils.py
index 5185e873cbc..1d227ab2964 100644
--- a/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/utils.py
+++ b/openlibrary/plugins/upstream/utils.py
@@ -1434,33 +1434,6 @@ def jsdef_get(obj, key, default=None):
     return obj.get(key, default)
 
 
-@public
-def get_donation_include() -> str:
-    ia_host = get_ia_host(allow_dev=True)
-    # The following allows archive.org staff to test banners without
-    # needing to reload openlibrary services
-    if ia_host != "archive.org":
-        script_src = f"https://{ia_host}/includes/donate.js"
-    else:
-        script_src = "/cdn/archive.org/donate.js"
-
-    if 'ymd' in (web_input := web.input()):
-        # Should be eg 20220101 (YYYYMMDD)
-        if len(web_input.ymd) == 8 and web_input.ymd.isdigit():
-            script_src += '?' + urllib.parse.urlencode({'ymd': web_input.ymd})
-        else:
-            raise ValueError('?ymd should be 8 digits (eg 20220101)')
-
-    html = (
-        """
-    <div id="donato"></div>
-    <script src="%s" data-platform="ol"></script>
-    """
-        % script_src
-    )
-    return html
-
-
 @public
 def get_ia_host(allow_dev: bool = False) -> str:
     if allow_dev:
diff --git a/openlibrary/templates/site/alert.html b/openlibrary/templates/site/alert.html
index 103c78dd249..781cc22f8f8 100644
--- a/openlibrary/templates/site/alert.html
+++ b/openlibrary/templates/site/alert.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-$if False and not is_bot():
-  $:get_donation_include()
+$if not is_bot():
+  $:render_template('site/donation_banner')
 
 $ lang = get_lang() or 'en'
 $ supported_languages = get_supported_languages()
diff --git a/openlibrary/templates/site/donate.html b/openlibrary/templates/site/donate.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bc7b424819..00000000000
--- a/openlibrary/templates/site/donate.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-
-$if not is_bot():
-  $:get_donation_include()
diff --git a/openlibrary/templates/site/donation_banner.html b/openlibrary/templates/site/donation_banner.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa15162fd4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openlibrary/templates/site/donation_banner.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$ ia_host = get_ia_host(allow_dev=True)
+
+$# The following allows archive.org staff to test banners without
+$# needing to reload openlibrary services
+$# Note donate.js also reads the ?ymd=YYYYMMDD parameter and the
+$# `variant` parameter.
+$if ia_host != "archive.org":
+    $ script_src = "https://%s/includes/donate.js" % ia_host
+$else:
+    $ script_src = "/cdn/archive.org/donate.js"
+
+<div id="donato"></div>
+<script src="$script_src" data-platform="ol"></script>