diff --git a/src/html.ts b/src/html.ts
index 2284e6c..465c42e 100644
--- a/src/html.ts
+++ b/src/html.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import type { Campaign, DepositRow, Site, User, Withdrawal } from './db.js'
-import { pitFooter } from './pit-footer.js'
 import { RING_PLACEHOLDER } from './ring.js'
 import { ringFooter } from './ring-footer.js'
 import type { PublicEndpoint } from '@profullstack/webhooks'
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ ${RING_PLACEHOLDER}
 ${o.body}
 </main>
 ${ringFooter()}
-${pitFooter()}
 </body>
 </html>`
 }
diff --git a/src/pit-footer.ts b/src/pit-footer.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0916749..0000000
--- a/src/pit-footer.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * The pit.world global footer: one line (site · Search · Ring · Publish here)
- * that pit.world serves as an HTML fragment for every site on the network.
- *
- * We read https://pit.world/snippets/footer.html?site=<name> in the background
- * (3 s timeout, again every hour) and print the last good copy as the last thing
- * in <body>, so a page never waits on pit.world. Until the first read, or if
- * pit.world is down, it renders nothing. The fragment carries data-pit-footer,
- * which tells the pit.world relay not to add a second copy.
- */
-const SNIPPET = 'https://pit.world/snippets/footer.html'
-
-let cached = ''
-
-/** The last good footer fragment, or '' before the first read. */
-export function pitFooter(): string {
-  return cached
-}
-
-/** Accept a fragment only if it looks like the footer; anything else is ignored. */
-export function setPitFooter(html: unknown): boolean {
-  if (typeof html !== 'string' || !html.includes('data-pit-footer') || html.length > 64_000) return false
-  cached = html.trim()
-  return true
-}
-
-/** Refresh from pit.world now and every `everyMs`. Failures keep the last good copy. */
-export function startPitFooterRefresh(site: string, fetchImpl: typeof fetch = fetch, everyMs = 60 * 60_000): () => void {
-  const url = `${SNIPPET}?site=${encodeURIComponent(site)}`
-  const refresh = () =>
-    fetchImpl(url, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000) })
-      .then((r) => (r.ok ? r.text() : null))
-      .then((html) => html && setPitFooter(html))
-      .catch(() => {})
-  refresh()
-  const timer = setInterval(refresh, everyMs)
-  timer.unref?.()
-  return () => clearInterval(timer)
-}
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 1088d7b..b2b2796 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { CoinPay } from '@profullstack/coinpay-onboard'
 import { Sealer, Store, type Campaign, type DepositRow, type Site, type User } from './db.js'
 import { adPage, advertisePage, depositPage, helpPage, homePage, installScript, inviteLandingPage, invitesPage, mePage, messagePage, pitchPage, publishPage, sitePage, SITE, type Ctx } from './html.js'
 import { ACCEPT_MESSAGES, Rewards, type RewardsConfig } from './rewards.js'
-import { startPitFooterRefresh } from './pit-footer.js'
 import { RING_PLACEHOLDER, ringBar, startRingRefresh } from './ring.js'
 import { ringDescriptor, ringFooterScriptHashes, startRingFooterRefresh } from './ring-footer.js'
 import { AdNetwork, newApiKey, UserError, type Config } from './service.js'
@@ -709,7 +708,6 @@ export function serve(options: { port?: number; hostname?: string } = {}) {
   })
   const trustProxy = (env.ADNETWORK_TRUST_PROXY ?? '1') === '1'
   startRingRefresh()
-  startPitFooterRefresh('ad.network.pit.world')
   startRingFooterRefresh()
   net.startSweep()
   net.hooks.start()
diff --git a/test/pit-footer.test.ts b/test/pit-footer.test.ts
index 03e7e8d..cb529ce 100644
--- a/test/pit-footer.test.ts
+++ b/test/pit-footer.test.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,10 @@
 import { expect, it } from 'bun:test'
-import { pitFooter, setPitFooter, startPitFooterRefresh } from "../src/pit-footer.ts"
-import { homePage } from "../src/html.ts"
+import { homePage } from '../src/html.ts'
 
-it('pit.world footer: nothing until read, then the last thing in <body>, kept on failure', async () => {
-  expect(setPitFooter('<p>not the footer</p>')).toBe(false)
-  expect(pitFooter()).toBe('')
-  const frag = '<style>.pit-foot{}</style><nav class="pit-foot" data-pit-footer>x</nav>'
-  const stop = startPitFooterRefresh('ad.network', (async (url: string) => {
-    expect(url).toBe('https://pit.world/snippets/footer.html?site=ad.network')
-    return new Response(frag)
-  }) as unknown as typeof fetch)
-  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10))
-  stop()
+it('the universal footer is the only footer on ad.network pages', () => {
   const html = homePage({ user: null, csrf: 'x' })
-  expect(html.match(/data-pit-footer/g)?.length).toBe(1)
-  expect(html).toMatch(/<\/footer>[\s\S]*data-pit-footer[\s\S]*<\/nav>\s*<\/body>/)
-  const stop2 = startPitFooterRefresh('ad.network', (async () => { throw new Error('down') }) as unknown as typeof fetch)
-  await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10))
-  stop2()
-  expect(pitFooter()).toContain('data-pit-footer')
+  expect(html.match(/<footer/g)?.length).toBe(1)
+  expect(html).toContain('class="pfs-footer"')
+  expect(html).not.toContain('data-pit-footer')
+  expect(html).toMatch(/class="pfs-footer"[\s\S]*<\/footer>\s*<\/body>/)
 })
diff --git a/test/ring-footer.test.ts b/test/ring-footer.test.ts
index f62f689..5d790d9 100644
--- a/test/ring-footer.test.ts
+++ b/test/ring-footer.test.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ import { expect, it } from 'bun:test'
 import { homePage } from '../src/html.ts'
 import { ringDescriptor } from '../src/ring-footer.ts'
 
-it('Profullstack ring footer: server-rendered, one footer, before the pit.world footer', () => {
+it('Profullstack ring footer: server-rendered as the only footer', () => {
   const html = homePage({ user: null, origin: 'https://ad.network.pit.world', csrf: 'x' } as any)
   const from = encodeURIComponent('https://ad.network.pit.world/')
   expect(html).toContain(`https://rssamplifier.com/ring/profullstack/previous?from=${from}`)
   expect(html).toContain(`https://rssamplifier.com/ring/profullstack/next?from=${from}`)
   expect(html.match(/<footer/g)?.length).toBe(1)
-  expect(html).toMatch(/class="pfs-footer"[\s\S]*<\/footer>\s*(<style|<nav class="pit-foot"|<\/body>)/)
+  expect(html).toMatch(/class="pfs-footer"[\s\S]*<\/footer>\s*<\/body>/)
+  expect(html).not.toContain('data-pit-footer')
 })
 
 it('openwebring descriptor names the ring', () => {