diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index 5abad3b16..9fe79e071 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ a[href="javascript:;"] {
 :root.index-loading .pagelist {
   display: none;
 }
+:root.removing-catalog-links .navLinks {
+  /* can't `display:none;` the text node next to the link,
+     so we hide the container instead. */
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
 #index-search {
   padding-right: 1.5em;
   width: 100px;
diff --git a/src/General/Index.coffee b/src/General/Index.coffee
index df3545264..0f3ff07f5 100644
--- a/src/General/Index.coffee
+++ b/src/General/Index.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Index =
   init: ->
-    return if g.VIEW isnt 'index' or g.BOARD.ID is 'f'
+    if g.VIEW isnt 'index'
+      @rmCatalogLinks()
+      return
+    return if g.BOARD.ID is 'f'
+
 
     @db = new DataBoard 'pinnedThreads'
     Thread.callbacks.push
@@ -142,6 +146,13 @@ Index =
         val: isPinned: thread.isPinned
     Index.sort()
     Index.buildIndex()
+  rmCatalogLinks: ->
+    $.addClass doc, 'removing-catalog-links'
+    $.ready ->
+      for el in $$ '.navLinks a[href$=catalog]'
+        $.rm el.previousSibling
+        $.rm el
+      $.rmClass doc, 'removing-catalog-links'
 
   cb:
     rootClass: ->