diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.html b/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.html
index 3d786fb96..1ded54933 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
       <p>
         {{ 'common.hint.viewOnlyLinksBanner' | translate }}
       </p>
-      <p-button (onClick)="handleLeaveViewOnlyView()" [label]="'common.buttons.leaveThisView' | translate"></p-button>
     </div>
   </ng-template>
 </p-message>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.spec.ts
index 438914f53..eb2383f6a 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,54 +1,26 @@
-import { MockProvider } from 'ng-mocks';
-
-import { PLATFORM_ID } from '@angular/core';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { provideOSFCore } from '@testing/osf.testing.provider';
-import { RouterMockBuilder, RouterMockType } from '@testing/providers/router-provider.mock';
 
 import { ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent } from './view-only-link-message.component';
 
 describe('ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent', () => {
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent>;
-  let component: ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent;
-  let routerMock: RouterMockType;
-
-  function setup(platformId: 'browser' | 'server' = 'browser') {
-    routerMock = RouterMockBuilder.create().build();
 
+  beforeEach(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent],
-      providers: [provideOSFCore(), MockProvider(Router, routerMock), MockProvider(PLATFORM_ID, platformId)],
+      providers: [provideOSFCore()],
     });
 
     fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent);
-    component = fixture.componentInstance;
     fixture.detectChanges();
-  }
-
-  it('should create', () => {
-    setup();
-
-    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-
-  it('should navigate with merged query params in browser', () => {
-    setup();
-
-    component.handleLeaveViewOnlyView();
-
-    expect(routerMock.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([], {
-      queryParams: { view_only: null },
-      queryParamsHandling: 'merge',
-    });
   });
 
-  it('should not navigate on server platform', () => {
-    setup('server');
-
-    component.handleLeaveViewOnlyView();
+  it('should render the view-only links banner', () => {
+    const message = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('p-message[severity="info"]');
 
-    expect(routerMock.navigate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(message).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('common.hint.viewOnlyLinksBanner');
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.ts b/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.ts
index 25b52ea7d..d7a68dfaa 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/view-only-link-message/view-only-link-message.component.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,14 @@
 import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
-import { Button } from 'primeng/button';
 import { Message } from 'primeng/message';
 
-import { isPlatformBrowser } from '@angular/common';
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, inject, PLATFORM_ID } from '@angular/core';
-import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component } from '@angular/core';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'osf-view-only-link-message',
-  imports: [Message, TranslatePipe, Button],
+  imports: [Message, TranslatePipe],
   templateUrl: './view-only-link-message.component.html',
   styleUrl: './view-only-link-message.component.scss',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
-export class ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent {
-  private readonly isBrowser = isPlatformBrowser(inject(PLATFORM_ID));
-  private readonly router = inject(Router);
-
-  handleLeaveViewOnlyView(): void {
-    if (!this.isBrowser) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    this.router
-      .navigate([], {
-        queryParams: { view_only: null },
-        queryParamsHandling: 'merge',
-      })
-      .then(() => window.location.reload());
-  }
-}
+export class ViewOnlyLinkMessageComponent {}