diff --git a/src/page.h b/src/page.h
index 51d400b..b79eac2 100644
--- a/src/page.h
+++ b/src/page.h
@@ -679,11 +679,6 @@ namespace xmreg
 
             } // while (i <= end_height)
 
-            // calculate median size of the blocks shown
-            double blk_size_median = xmreg::calc_median(blk_sizes.begin(), blk_sizes.end());
-
-            context["blk_size_median"] = fmt::format("{:0.2f}", blk_size_median);
-
 
             // save computational times for disply in the frontend
 
diff --git a/src/templates/index2.html b/src/templates/index2.html
index df5dd45..1393eb3 100644
--- a/src/templates/index2.html
+++ b/src/templates/index2.html
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
       <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px">Transactions in older blocks<!--(height: {{height}})--></h2>
     {{/is_page_zero}}
 
-    <h4 style="font-size: 12px; margin-top: 0px">(Median size of these blocks: {{blk_size_median}} kB)</h4>