diff --git a/spec/invidious/videos/regular_videos_extract_spec.cr b/spec/invidious/videos/regular_videos_extract_spec.cr
index f96703f6..b82a08ee 100644
--- a/spec/invidious/videos/regular_videos_extract_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/invidious/videos/regular_videos_extract_spec.cr
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ Spectator.describe "parse_video_info" do
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["title"]).to eq("$1 vs $250,000,000 Private Island!")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author"]).to eq("MrBeast")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["ucid"]).to eq("UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA")
-    expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["view_count"]).to eq("230617484")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["short_view_count"]).to eq("230M")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author_verified"]).to eq("true")
 
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ Spectator.describe "parse_video_info" do
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["title"]).to eq("Chris Rea - The Road To Hell 1989 Full Version")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author"]).to eq("NEA ZIXNH")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["ucid"]).to eq("UCYMEOGcvav3gCgImK2J07CQ")
-    expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["view_count"]).to eq("53298661")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["short_view_count"]).to eq("53M")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author_verified"]).to eq("false")
 
diff --git a/spec/invidious/videos/scheduled_live_extract_spec.cr b/spec/invidious/videos/scheduled_live_extract_spec.cr
index c3a9b228..6bb03e42 100644
--- a/spec/invidious/videos/scheduled_live_extract_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/invidious/videos/scheduled_live_extract_spec.cr
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ Spectator.describe "parse_video_info" do
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["id"]).to eq("j7jPzzjbVuk")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author"]).to eq("Democracy Now!")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["ucid"]).to eq("UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw")
-    expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["view_count"]).to eq("7576")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["short_view_count"]).to eq("7.5K")
     expect(info["relatedVideos"][0]["author_verified"]).to eq("true")
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr b/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr
index 58805af2..ff9ea70a 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jsonify/api_v1/video_json.cr
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@ module Invidious::JSONify::APIv1
 
                 json.field "lengthSeconds", rv["length_seconds"]?.try &.to_i
                 json.field "viewCountText", rv["short_view_count"]?
-                json.field "viewCount", rv["view_count"]?.try &.empty? ? nil : rv["view_count"].to_i64
                 json.field "published", rv["published"]?
                 if rv["published"]?.try &.presence
                   json.field "publishedText", translate(locale, "`x` ago", recode_date(Time.parse_rfc3339(rv["published"].to_s), locale))
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr b/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr
index 6b1dedd6..6038dfcf 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
 
   ucid = channel_info.try { |ci| HelperExtractors.get_browse_id(ci) }
 
-  # "4,088,033 views", only available on compact renderer
-  # and when video is not a livestream
-  view_count = related.dig?("viewCountText", "simpleText")
-    .try &.as_s.gsub(/\D/, "")
-
   short_view_count = related.try do |r|
     HelperExtractors.get_short_view_count(r).to_s
   end
@@ -51,7 +46,6 @@ def parse_related_video(related : JSON::Any) : Hash(String, JSON::Any)?
     "author"           => author || JSON::Any.new(""),
     "ucid"             => JSON::Any.new(ucid || ""),
     "length_seconds"   => JSON::Any.new(length || "0"),
-    "view_count"       => JSON::Any.new(view_count || "0"),
     "short_view_count" => JSON::Any.new(short_view_count || "0"),
     "author_verified"  => JSON::Any.new(author_verified),
     "published"        => JSON::Any.new(published || ""),
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
index 59b9a167..89632dc5 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/watch.ecr
@@ -355,9 +355,8 @@ we're going to need to do it here in order to allow for translations.
 
                                 <div class="pure-u-10-24" style="text-align:right">
                                     <b class="width:100%"><%=
-                                        views = rv["view_count"]?.try &.to_i?
-                                        views ||= rv["view_count_short"]?.try { |x| short_text_to_number(x) }
-                                        translate_count(locale, "generic_views_count", views || 0, NumberFormatting::Short)
+                                        views = short_text_to_number(rv["short_view_count"]? || "0")
+                                        translate_count(locale, "generic_views_count", views, NumberFormatting::Short)
                                     %></b>
                                 </div>
                             </h5>