diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 3ab0c75..66b3873 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -325,13 +325,6 @@
             <i class="icon-play"></i>
           </button>
 
-          <button
-            ng-show="canRestart(download)"
-            class="btn"
-            ng-click="restart(download)">
-            <i class="icon-repeat"></i>
-          </button>
-
           <button
             class="btn hidden-phone"
             ng-click="remove(download)">
diff --git a/js/ctrls/download.js b/js/ctrls/download.js
index 4ab07de..9f70f58 100644
--- a/js/ctrls/download.js
+++ b/js/ctrls/download.js
@@ -54,28 +54,6 @@ function(
     rpc.once(method, [d.gid], cb);
   }
 
-  scope.restart = function(d) {
-    // XXX broken in general: does not work with torrents
-    // XXX broken in general: does not carry over prefs
-    // XXX broken in particular: uris no longer stored in context object
-    throw new Error("broken");
-
-    var uris =
-      _.chain(d.files).map(function(f) { return f.uris })
-      .filter(function(uris) { return uris.length })
-      .map(function(uris) {
-        return _.chain(uris)
-          .map(function(u) { return u.uri })
-          .uniq().value();
-      }).value();
-
-    if (uris.length > 0) {
-      scope.remove(d, function() {
-        rpc.once('addUri', uris, angular.noop, true);
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
   // start filling in the model of active,
   // waiting and stopped download
   rpc.subscribe('tellActive', [], function(data) {
@@ -409,14 +387,6 @@ function(
     return ctx;
   };
 
-  scope.canRestart = function(d) {
-    if (['active', 'paused'].indexOf(d.status) == -1
-        && !d.bittorrent)
-      return true;
-
-    return false;
-  };
-
   scope.hasStatus = function hasStatus(d, status) {
     if (_.isArray(status)) {
       if (status.length == 0) return false;