diff --git a/frontend/src/components/file-view/file-view-tip.js b/frontend/src/components/file-view/file-view-tip.js
index 64a6624676..2fdebc534e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/file-view/file-view-tip.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/file-view/file-view-tip.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { gettext } from '../../utils/constants';
 
-const { err, filePerm, fileType, repoID, filePath } = window.app.pageOptions;
+const { err } = window.app.pageOptions;
 
 const propTypes = {
   errorMsg: PropTypes.string
@@ -18,22 +18,11 @@ class FileViewTip extends React.Component {
       errorMsg = <p className="error">{err || this.props.errorMsg}</p>;
     }
 
-    let canOpenViaClient = false;
-    if (filePerm == 'rw' && (fileType == 'Document' || fileType == 'SpreadSheet')) {
-      canOpenViaClient = true;
-    }
-
     return (
       <div className="file-view-content flex-1 o-auto">
         <div className="file-view-tip">
           {errorMsg}
           <a href="?dl=1" className="btn btn-secondary">{gettext('Download')}</a>
-          {canOpenViaClient && (
-            <React.Fragment>
-              <a className="open-via-client" href={`seafile://openfile?repo_id=${repoID}&path=${encodeURIComponent(filePath)}`}>{gettext('Open via Client')}</a>
-              <p className="tip">{gettext('Please install the desktop client to open file via client.')}</p>
-            </React.Fragment>
-          )}
         </div>
       </div>
     );  
diff --git a/frontend/src/css/file-view.css b/frontend/src/css/file-view.css
index cb3057c24d..32237f931e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/css/file-view.css
+++ b/frontend/src/css/file-view.css
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ body {
   background: #f4f4f4;
   border-right: 4px solid transparent;
 }
-.open-via-client {
-  display: block;
-  margin-top: 25px;
-  color: #333;
-  font-weight: normal;
-  text-decoration: underline;
-}
 .tip {
   color: #808080;
 }