diff --git a/routers/web/shared/user/header.go b/routers/web/shared/user/header.go
index 1e937b57ce..bf90399826 100644
--- a/routers/web/shared/user/header.go
+++ b/routers/web/shared/user/header.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func PrepareContextForProfileBigAvatar(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
-func FindUserProfileReadme(ctx *context.Context) (profileDbRepo *repo_model.Repository, profileGitRepo *git.Repository, profileReadmeBlob *git.Blob, profileClose func()) {
+func FindUserProfileReadme(ctx *context.Context) (profileGitRepo *git.Repository, profileReadmeBlob *git.Blob, profileClose func()) {
 	profileDbRepo, err := repo_model.GetRepositoryByName(ctx.ContextUser.ID, ".profile")
 	if err == nil && !profileDbRepo.IsEmpty && !profileDbRepo.IsPrivate {
 		if profileGitRepo, err = git.OpenRepository(ctx, profileDbRepo.RepoPath()); err != nil {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func FindUserProfileReadme(ctx *context.Context) (profileDbRepo *repo_model.Repo
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return profileDbRepo, profileGitRepo, profileReadmeBlob, func() {
+	return profileGitRepo, profileReadmeBlob, func() {
 		if profileGitRepo != nil {
 			_ = profileGitRepo.Close()
 		}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func FindUserProfileReadme(ctx *context.Context) (profileDbRepo *repo_model.Repo
 func RenderUserHeader(ctx *context.Context) {
 	prepareContextForCommonProfile(ctx)
 
-	_, _, profileReadmeBlob, profileClose := FindUserProfileReadme(ctx)
+	_, profileReadmeBlob, profileClose := FindUserProfileReadme(ctx)
 	defer profileClose()
 	ctx.Data["HasProfileReadme"] = profileReadmeBlob != nil
 }
diff --git a/routers/web/user/profile.go b/routers/web/user/profile.go
index be6ca45ab6..1166e2f2de 100644
--- a/routers/web/user/profile.go
+++ b/routers/web/user/profile.go
@@ -66,17 +66,17 @@ func userProfile(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ctx.Data["HeatmapTotalContributions"] = activities_model.GetTotalContributionsInHeatmap(data)
 	}
 
-	profileDbRepo, profileGitRepo, profileReadmeBlob, profileClose := shared_user.FindUserProfileReadme(ctx)
+	profileGitRepo, profileReadmeBlob, profileClose := shared_user.FindUserProfileReadme(ctx)
 	defer profileClose()
 
 	showPrivate := ctx.IsSigned && (ctx.Doer.IsAdmin || ctx.Doer.ID == ctx.ContextUser.ID)
-	prepareUserProfileTabData(ctx, showPrivate, profileDbRepo, profileGitRepo, profileReadmeBlob)
+	prepareUserProfileTabData(ctx, showPrivate, profileGitRepo, profileReadmeBlob)
 	// call PrepareContextForProfileBigAvatar later to avoid re-querying the NumFollowers & NumFollowing
 	shared_user.PrepareContextForProfileBigAvatar(ctx)
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplProfile)
 }
 
-func prepareUserProfileTabData(ctx *context.Context, showPrivate bool, profileDbRepo *repo_model.Repository, profileGitRepo *git.Repository, profileReadme *git.Blob) {
+func prepareUserProfileTabData(ctx *context.Context, showPrivate bool, profileGitRepo *git.Repository, profileReadme *git.Blob) {
 	// if there is a profile readme, default to "overview" page, otherwise, default to "repositories" page
 	// if there is not a profile readme, the overview tab should be treated as the repositories tab
 	tab := ctx.FormString("tab")
@@ -235,18 +235,10 @@ func prepareUserProfileTabData(ctx *context.Context, showPrivate bool, profileDb
 		if bytes, err := profileReadme.GetBlobContent(setting.UI.MaxDisplayFileSize); err != nil {
 			log.Error("failed to GetBlobContent: %v", err)
 		} else {
-			// Give the URLPrefix to the markdown render for the full link of media element.
-			// the media link usually be like /[user]/[repoName]/media/branch/[branchName],
-			// 	Eg. /Tom/.profile/media/branch/main
-			// The branch shown on the profile page is the default branch, this need to be in sync with doc, see:
-			//	https://docs.gitea.com/usage/profile-readme
-
-			prefix := profileDbRepo.Link() + "/src/branch/" + util.PathEscapeSegments(profileDbRepo.DefaultBranch)
 			if profileContent, err := markdown.RenderString(&markup.RenderContext{
-				Ctx:       ctx,
-				GitRepo:   profileGitRepo,
-				URLPrefix: prefix,
-				Metas:     map[string]string{"mode": "document"},
+				Ctx:     ctx,
+				GitRepo: profileGitRepo,
+				Metas:   map[string]string{"mode": "document"},
 			}, bytes); err != nil {
 				log.Error("failed to RenderString: %v", err)
 			} else {