diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 85ae352..4e42bd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "diesel_migrations",
  "futures",
  "image",
- "libsqlite3-sys",
  "mime",
  "rand",
  "serde",
@@ -1089,7 +1088,6 @@ version = "0.30.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2e99fb7a497b1e3339bc746195567ed8d3e24945ecd636e3619d20b9de9e9149"
 dependencies = [
- "cc",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eb5d537..d26e04f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.39", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5.26", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 diesel = { version = "2.2.6", features = ["sqlite", "returning_clauses_for_sqlite_3_35", "r2d2", "chrono"] }
 diesel_migrations = { version = "2.2.0", features = ["sqlite"] }
-# Forces diesel to include a bundled version of Sqlite
-libsqlite3-sys = {version = ">=0.17.2, <0.31.0", features = ["bundled"]}
 futures = "0.3.31"
 image = { version = "0.25.5", default-features = false, features = ["gif", "jpeg", "png"] }
 mime = "0.3.17"
 rand = "0.8.5"
+# this dependency is needed soly because the r2d2_sqlite crate doesn't export
+# the 'chrono' feature flag
 serde = { version = "1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
 tera = "1.20.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/db/models/image.rs b/src/db/models/image.rs
index 539537f..159f1a0 100644
--- a/src/db/models/image.rs
+++ b/src/db/models/image.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use chrono::NaiveDate;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::db::{schema::*, DbPool, DbResult, Pagination, Plant};
+use crate::db::{schema::*, DbPool, DbResult, Pagination};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Queryable, Selectable)]
 #[diesel(table_name = images)]
@@ -62,15 +62,8 @@ impl Image {
             .optional()?)
     }
 
-    pub fn page_with_plants(
-        pool: &DbPool,
-        page: Pagination,
-        filter: ImageFilter,
-    ) -> DbResult<Vec<(Self, Plant)>> {
-        let mut query = images::table
-            .inner_join(plants::table)
-            .select((Self::as_select(), Plant::as_select()))
-            .into_boxed();
+    pub fn page(pool: &DbPool, page: Pagination, filter: ImageFilter) -> DbResult<Vec<Self>> {
+        let mut query = images::table.select(Self::as_select()).into_boxed();
 
         if let Some(plant_id) = filter.plant_id {
             query = query.filter(images::dsl::plant_id.eq(plant_id));
diff --git a/src/server/images.rs b/src/server/images.rs
index 15e8894..957f587 100644
--- a/src/server/images.rs
+++ b/src/server/images.rs
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ async fn get_images(
     Query(filter): Query<db::ImageFilter>,
     headers: HeaderMap,
 ) -> super::Result<Html<String>> {
-    let images =
-        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || db::Image::page_with_plants(&ctx.pool, page, filter))
-            .await
-            .unwrap()?;
+    let images = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || db::Image::page(&ctx.pool, page, filter))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()?;
 
     let mut context = Context::new();
     context.insert("images", &images);
diff --git a/templates/components/plant.html b/templates/components/plant.html
index a654bb5..32432b0 100644
--- a/templates/components/plant.html
+++ b/templates/components/plant.html
@@ -35,7 +35,3 @@
     <input type="submit">
 </form>
 {% endmacro %}
-
-{% macro name(plant) %}
-<a hx-get="/plants/{{ plant.id }}" hx-target="#content" hx-push-url="true">{{ plant.name }} (<em>{{ plant.species }}</em>)</a>
-{% endmacro %}
diff --git a/templates/views/images.html b/templates/views/images.html
index d70cca0..972c23a 100644
--- a/templates/views/images.html
+++ b/templates/views/images.html
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-{% import "components/plant.html" as comp_plant %}
-
 <h1>Images</h1>
 {% for image in images %}
 <article>
-    <p>Date taken: {{ image.0.date_taken }}</p>
-    <p>Note: {{ image.0.note }}</p>
-    <p>Plant: {{ comp_plant::name(plant=image.1) }}</p>
-    <a href="/images/{{ image.0.id }}/original" target="_blank">
-        <img src="/images/{{ image.0.id }}/thumb">
+    <p>Date taken: {{ image.date_taken }}</p>
+    <p>Note: {{ image.note }}</p>
+    <a href="/images/{{ image.id }}/original" target="_blank">
+        <img src="/images/{{ image.id }}/thumb">
     </a>
 </article>
 {% endfor %}