From 1de34b0a4d291665131b5395738f376956e2bbdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ashley <iamashley@duck.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:25:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update src/libpoketube/init/pages-channel-and-download.js

---
 .../init/pages-channel-and-download.js        | 20 +++----------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libpoketube/init/pages-channel-and-download.js b/src/libpoketube/init/pages-channel-and-download.js
index 8934ef48..73c3f6ee 100644
--- a/src/libpoketube/init/pages-channel-and-download.js
+++ b/src/libpoketube/init/pages-channel-and-download.js
@@ -218,19 +218,6 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, renderTemplate) {
       const tab = req.query.tab;
       const cache = {};
 
-      try {
-        // about
-        const bout = await fetch(config.tubeApi + `channel?id=${ID}&tab=about`, {
-          headers: {
-            'User-Agent': config.useragent,
-          },
-        });
-        const h = await bout.text();
-        var boutJson = JSON.parse(modules.toJson(h));
-      } catch {
-        boutJson = " ";
-      }
-
       const continuation = req.query.continuation
         ? `&continuation=${req.query.continuation}`
         : "";
@@ -322,17 +309,16 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, renderTemplate) {
           stream,
           c,
           cinv,
-          boutJson,
+        
         },
         timestamp: Date.now(),
       };
 
       if (cache[ID] && Date.now() - cache[ID].timestamp < 3600000) {
-        var { tj, shorts, stream, c, boutJson } = cache[ID].result;
+        var { tj, shorts, stream, c } = cache[ID].result;
       }
 
       const subscribers = convert(cinv?.subCount || 0);
-      const about = boutJson?.Channel?.Contents?.ItemSection?.About;
       const description = about?.Description.toString().replace(
         /\n/g,
         " <br> "
@@ -349,7 +335,7 @@ module.exports = function (app, config, renderTemplate) {
         tab,
         shorts,
         firstVideo: ChannelFirstVideoObject,
-        j: boutJson,
+        j: "",
         sort: sort_by,
         stream,
         tj,