diff --git a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
index f9912115d3c6ac18be66c952c3af445ab0f51cea..5aa6a86326ba3545d261322c010e02fe86ee1c57 100644
--- a/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/ui_html.rs
@@ -254,17 +254,7 @@ async fn dispatch_ui_action(
                         };
                         n
                     };
-                    let js = vote_compare_post_success_js(
-                        state,
-                        &nav,
-                        &room,
-                        &thread_tag,
-                        &left_id,
-                        &right_id,
-                        &pid,
-                        post_index,
-                    )
-                    .await;
+                    let js = vote_compare_post_success_js(state, &nav, &left_id, &right_id).await;
                     Response::builder()
                         .status(StatusCode::OK)
                         .header(header::CONTENT_TYPE, "text/javascript; charset=utf-8")
diff --git a/server/src/html/garden.rs b/server/src/html/garden.rs
index 7d309a075405483971109da2f34160409dc608f7..8a46b1e92d38f2c390f88d48750d95d11388cd73 100644
--- a/server/src/html/garden.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/garden.rs
@@ -176,34 +176,14 @@ fn vote_edge_history_markup(
 pub(crate) async fn vote_compare_post_success_js(
     state: &AppState,
     nav: &ThreadNav,
-    room_wire: &str,
-    thread_tag: &str,
     left: &ItemId,
     right: &ItemId,
-    post_id: &str,
-    post_idx: Option<usize>,
 ) -> String {
-    use crate::reducer::scope_from_room_wire;
     let reduced = state.reduced.read().await;
-    let scope = scope_from_room_wire(room_wire.trim());
-    let Some(ing) = reduced.ingests_by_id.get(post_id).cloned() else {
-        drop(reduced);
-        return "console.warn('vote compare: new post not found');".to_string();
-    };
-    let idx = match post_idx {
-        Some(i) => i,
-        None => reduced
-            .try_thread_post_index_chronological(&scope, thread_tag, post_id)
-            .unwrap_or(0),
-    };
-    let viewer = None::<&str>;
-    let now = now_ms();
-    let card = ingest_entry_markup(nav, thread_tag, idx, &ing, viewer, now, &reduced);
     let content = content_for_garden_view(&reduced, &nav.scope());
     let edge_history = vote_edge_history_markup(content, left, right, nav);
     drop(reduced);
     let mut b = JsBuilder::new();
-    b = b.morph_inner_selector("#vote-compare-preview", card);
     b = b.morph_inner_selector("#vote-edge-history-region", edge_history);
     b.build()
 }