diff --git a/src/content.py b/src/content.py
index 81a67d9..8745e39 100644
--- a/src/content.py
+++ b/src/content.py
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 import base64
-from contextlib import suppress
 
-from invisible_playwright.async_api import Error
 from playwright.async_api import Page
 
 from src.models import LinkRequest
-from src.utils import TimeoutTimer, logger, remaining_ms
+from src.utils import logger
 
 
 async def build_response_content(
     page: Page,
     request: LinkRequest,
     page_request: object,
-    timer: TimeoutTimer,
 ) -> tuple[str, str]:
     """Build (content_type, response_content) from the settled page."""
     if request.return_only_cookies:
@@ -23,18 +20,7 @@ async def build_response_content(
     ):
         return await fetch_pdf_content(page)
 
-    return "text/html", await read_settled_html(page, timer)
-
-
-async def read_settled_html(page: Page, timer: TimeoutTimer) -> str:
-    """Read the page's HTML, reading it again if a navigation pulled it away."""
-    try:
-        return await page.content()
-    except Error:
-        logger.info("Page navigated while being read; reading it again once idle")
-        with suppress(Error):
-            await page.wait_for_load_state("networkidle", timeout=remaining_ms(timer))
-        return await page.content()
+    return "text/html", await page.content()
 
 
 async def fetch_pdf_content(page: Page) -> tuple[str, str]:
diff --git a/src/endpoints.py b/src/endpoints.py
index 6663707..bd68b4f 100644
--- a/src/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/endpoints.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ async def read_item(request: LinkRequest, dep: BrowserDep) -> LinkResponse:
         dep.page,
         request,
         page_request,
-        timer,
     )
 
     user_agent = (
diff --git a/tests/main_test.py b/tests/main_test.py
index a5ff17f..4cd41d6 100644
--- a/tests/main_test.py
+++ b/tests/main_test.py
@@ -225,20 +225,6 @@ async def test_html_is_read_after_a_js_redirect_lands():
     assert response.solution.response == "<html><title>Article</title></html>"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_html_read_racing_a_navigation_is_retried():
-    """A read that loses its document to a navigation reads the new one instead."""
-    dep = fake_dep()
-    dep.page.content.side_effect = [
-        PlaywrightError("Failed to find execution context with id = id-5"),
-        "<html><title>Article</title></html>",
-    ]
-
-    response = await read_item(LinkRequest(url="https://example.test/login"), dep)
-
-    assert response.solution.response == "<html><title>Article</title></html>"
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_domcontentloaded_timeout_returns_408():
     """Fatal timeouts during initial page load still return a controlled 408."""