diff --git a/reader/scraper/scraper.go b/reader/scraper/scraper.go
index 9044a1cb..81ebd8c8 100644
--- a/reader/scraper/scraper.go
+++ b/reader/scraper/scraper.go
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 // Fetch downloads a web page and returns relevant contents.
 func Fetch(websiteURL, rules, userAgent string, cookie string, allowSelfSignedCertificates, useProxy bool) (string, error) {
-	content, err := fetchURL(websiteURL, rules, userAgent, cookie, allowSelfSignedCertificates, useProxy)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return followTheOnlyLink(websiteURL, content, rules, userAgent, cookie, allowSelfSignedCertificates, useProxy)
-}
-
-func fetchURL(websiteURL, rules, userAgent string, cookie string, allowSelfSignedCertificates, useProxy bool) (string, error) {
 	clt := client.NewClientWithConfig(websiteURL, config.Opts)
 	clt.WithUserAgent(userAgent)
 	clt.WithCookie(cookie)
@@ -54,8 +46,8 @@ func fetchURL(websiteURL, rules, userAgent string, cookie string, allowSelfSigne
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	sameSite := url.Domain(websiteURL) == url.Domain(response.EffectiveURL)
 	// The entry URL could redirect somewhere else.
+	sameSite := url.Domain(websiteURL) == url.Domain(response.EffectiveURL)
 	websiteURL = response.EffectiveURL
 
 	if rules == "" {
@@ -112,45 +104,3 @@ func isAllowedContentType(contentType string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "text/html") ||
 		strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "application/xhtml+xml")
 }
-
-func followTheOnlyLink(websiteURL, content string, rules, userAgent string, cookie string, allowSelfSignedCertificates, useProxy bool) (string, error) {
-	document, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(strings.NewReader(content))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	if len(document.Find("body").Nodes) == 0 {
-		return content, nil
-	}
-
-	body := document.Find("body").Nodes[0]
-	if body.FirstChild.NextSibling != nil ||
-		body.FirstChild.Data != "a" {
-		return content, nil
-	}
-
-	// the body has only one child of <a>
-	var href string
-	for _, attr := range body.FirstChild.Attr {
-		if attr.Key == "href" {
-			href = attr.Val
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	if href == "" {
-		return content, nil
-	}
-
-	href, err = url.AbsoluteURL(websiteURL, href)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	sameSite := url.Domain(websiteURL) == url.Domain(href)
-	if sameSite {
-		return fetchURL(href, rules, userAgent, cookie, allowSelfSignedCertificates, useProxy)
-	}
-
-	return fetchURL(href, rules, userAgent, "", false, false)
-}