diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index ced7bb7..804670c 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -4863,43 +4863,9 @@ sub git_blobdiff {
 			or die_error(500, "Open git-diff-tree failed");
 	}
 
-	# old/legacy style URI
-	if (!%diffinfo && # if new style URI failed
-	    defined $hash && defined $hash_parent) {
-		# fake git-diff-tree raw output
-		$diffinfo{'from_mode'} = $diffinfo{'to_mode'} = "blob";
-		$diffinfo{'from_id'} = $hash_parent;
-		$diffinfo{'to_id'}   = $hash;
-		if (defined $file_name) {
-			if (defined $file_parent) {
-				$diffinfo{'status'} = '2';
-				$diffinfo{'from_file'} = $file_parent;
-				$diffinfo{'to_file'}   = $file_name;
-			} else { # assume not renamed
-				$diffinfo{'status'} = '1';
-				$diffinfo{'from_file'} = $file_name;
-				$diffinfo{'to_file'}   = $file_name;
-			}
-		} else { # no filename given
-			$diffinfo{'status'} = '2';
-			$diffinfo{'from_file'} = $hash_parent;
-			$diffinfo{'to_file'}   = $hash;
-		}
-
-		# non-textual hash id's can be cached
-		if ($hash =~ m/^[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$/ &&
-		    $hash_parent =~ m/^[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$/) {
-			$expires = '+1d';
-		}
-
-		# open patch output
-		open $fd, "-|", git_cmd(), "diff", @diff_opts,
-			'-p', ($format eq 'html' ? "--full-index" : ()),
-			$hash_parent, $hash, "--"
-			or die_error(500, "Open git-diff failed");
-	} else  {
-		die_error(400, "Missing one of the blob diff parameters")
-			unless %diffinfo;
+	# old/legacy style URI -- not generated anymore since 1.4.3.
+	if (!%diffinfo) {
+		die_error('404 Not Found', "Missing one of the blob diff parameters")
 	}
 
 	# header