diff --git a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
index 53052333fa0e2..d50b6aedb9faa 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
@@ -78,12 +78,9 @@
 						{{end}}
 						<td class="text right aligned tw-py-0">
 							<button class="btn interact-bg tw-p-2" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "copy_hash"}}" data-clipboard-text="{{.ID}}">{{svg "octicon-copy"}}</button>
-							<a
-								class="btn interact-bg tw-p-2"
-								data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.commits.view_path"}}"
-								href="{{if $.FileName}}{{printf "%s/src/commit/%s/%s" $commitRepoLink (PathEscape .ID.String) (PathEscapeSegments $.FileName)}}{{else}}{{printf "%s/src/commit/%s" $commitRepoLink (PathEscape .ID.String)}}{{end}}">
-								{{svg "octicon-file-code"}}
-							</a>
+							{{if $.FileName}}{{/* this "view" link is for file only. the commit link is already in the second column */}}
+							<a class="btn interact-bg tw-p-2" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.commits.view_path"}}" href="{{printf "%s/src/commit/%s/%s" $commitRepoLink (PathEscape .ID.String) (PathEscapeSegments $.FileName)}}">{{svg "octicon-file-code"}}</a>
+							{{end}}
 						</td>
 					</tr>
 				{{end}}