diff --git a/routers/web/repo/view_file.go b/routers/web/repo/view_file.go
index 029d74de9a..e3e468a79d 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/view_file.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/view_file.go
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ func handleFileViewRenderHTML(ctx *context.Context, fInfo *fileInfo) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 	ctx.Data["IsHTMLFile"] = true
-	ctx.Data["HasSourceRenderedToggle"] = true
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -193,7 +192,6 @@ func prepareFileView(ctx *context.Context, entry *git.TreeEntry) {
 	ctx.Data["RawFileLink"] = ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/raw/" + ctx.Repo.RefTypeNameSubURL() + "/" + util.PathEscapeSegments(ctx.Repo.TreePath)
 	if isHTMLTreePath(ctx.Repo.TreePath) {
 		ctx.Data["IsHTMLFile"] = true
-		ctx.Data["HasSourceRenderedToggle"] = true
 	}
 
 	if ctx.Repo.TreePath == ".editorconfig" {
diff --git a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
index 287983ae96..266288f306 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_file.tmpl
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@
 					<a href="?display=source" class="ui mini basic button {{if .IsDisplayingSource}}active{{end}}">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.file_view_source"}}</a>
 				</div>
 			{{end}}
-			{{/* this componment is also controlled by frontend plugin renders */}}
-			<div class="ui compact icon buttons file-view-toggle-buttons {{Iif .HasSourceRenderedToggle "" "tw-hidden"}}">
+			{{/* Gitea icon toggles for markup etc.; HTML uses Preview/Source buttons above only */}}
+			{{if and .HasSourceRenderedToggle (not .IsHTMLFile)}}
+			<div class="ui compact icon buttons file-view-toggle-buttons">
 				{{if .IsRepresentableAsText}}
 				<a href="?display=source" class="ui mini basic button file-view-toggle-source {{if .IsDisplayingSource}}active{{end}}" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.file_view_source"}}">{{svg "octicon-code" 15}}</a>
 				{{end}}
-				{{if .HasSourceRenderedToggle}}
 				<a href="?display=rendered" class="ui mini basic button file-view-toggle-rendered {{if not .IsDisplayingSource}}active{{end}}" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.file_view_rendered"}}">{{svg "octicon-file" 15}}</a>
-				{{end}}
 			</div>
+			{{end}}
 			{{if not .ReadmeInList}}
 				<div class="ui buttons tw-mr-1">
 					<a class="ui mini basic button" href="{{$.RawFileLink}}">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.file_raw"}}</a>