diff --git a/kallithea/public/js/base.js b/kallithea/public/js/base.js
--- a/kallithea/public/js/base.js
+++ b/kallithea/public/js/base.js
@@ -799,20 +799,7 @@ var linkInlineComments = function($first
 }
 
 /* activate files.html stuff */
-var fileBrowserListeners = function(current_url, node_list_url, url_base){
-    var current_url_branch = "?branch=__BRANCH__";
-
-    $('#stay_at_branch').on('click',function(e){
-        if(e.currentTarget.checked){
-            var uri = current_url_branch;
-            uri = uri.replace('__BRANCH__',e.currentTarget.value);
-            window.location = uri;
-        }
-        else{
-            window.location = current_url;
-        }
-    });
-
+var fileBrowserListeners = function(node_list_url, url_base){
     var $node_filter = $('#node_filter');
 
     var filterTimeout = null;
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/files/files.html b/kallithea/templates/files/files.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/files/files.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/files/files.html
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var callbacks = function(State){
         var _f_path = State.data.f_path;
         var _rev = State.data.rev;
 
-        fileBrowserListeners(State.url, State.data.node_list_url, State.data.url_base);
+        fileBrowserListeners(State.data.node_list_url, State.data.url_base);
         // Inform Google Analytics of the change
         if ( typeof window.pageTracker !== 'undefined' ) {
             window.pageTracker._trackPageview(State.url);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
          f_path: ${h.js(h.safe_unicode(c.file.path))}
        }
     }
-    fileBrowserListeners(_State.url, _State.data.node_list_url, _State.data.url_base);
+    fileBrowserListeners(_State.data.node_list_url, _State.data.url_base);
 
     // change branch filter
     $("#branch_selector").select2({
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html b/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 </%def>
 <div id="body" class="panel panel-default">
     <div class="panel-heading clearfix">
-        ${h.form(h.url.current())}
         <span class="browser-nav form-inline">
             <span class="info_box">
               <span class="info_box_elem rev">${_('Revision')}</span>
@@ -35,15 +34,13 @@
               <span class="info_box_elem"><a class="btn btn-default btn-xs ypjax-link" href="${c.url_next}" title="${_('Next revision')}"><i class="icon-right-open"></i></a></span>
             </span>
         </span>
-        <span class="browser-branch form-inline">
-            <label class="checkbox">
-                ${h.checkbox('stay_at_branch',c.changeset.branch,c.changeset.branch==c.branch)}
-                ${_('Follow current branch')}
-            </label>
-        </span>
-        <span id="search_activate_id" class="search_activate">
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="panel-body">
+        ${h.form(h.url.current())}
+        <div id="search_activate_id" class="search_activate">
             <a class="btn btn-default btn-xs" id="filter_activate" href="#">${_('Search File List')}</a>
-        </span>
+        </div>
         ${h.end_form()}
         <div class="browser-search form-inline">
             <div>
@@ -53,9 +50,6 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="panel-body">
         <table class="table code-browser">
             <thead>
                 <tr>