diff --git a/swh/web/api/views/origin.py b/swh/web/api/views/origin.py
--- a/swh/web/api/views/origin.py
+++ b/swh/web/api/views/origin.py
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
         :>json string origin_visits_url: link to in order to get information
             about the visits for that origin
         :>json string url: the origin canonical url
-        :>json string type: the type of software origin (deprecated value;
-            types are now associated to visits instead of origins)
-        :>json number id: the origin unique identifier (deprecated value;
-            you should only refer to origins based on their URL)
 '''
 
 DOC_RETURN_ORIGIN_ARRAY = \
@@ -105,6 +101,9 @@
             query_params={'origin_from': origin_from,
                           'origin_count': origin_count},
             request=request)
+    for result in results:
+        if 'id' in result:
+            del result['id']
     return response
 
 
diff --git a/swh/web/browse/views/origin.py b/swh/web/browse/views/origin.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/views/origin.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/views/origin.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
               view_name='browse-origin-visits')
 def origin_visits_browse(request, origin_url):
     """Django view that produces an HTML display of visits reporting
-    for a swh origin identified by its id or its url.
+    for a given origin.
 
     The url that points to it is
     :http:get:`/browse/origin/(origin_url)/visits/`.
diff --git a/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py b/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py
--- a/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/origin_visits.py
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@
         following keys:
 
             * **date**: UTC visit date in ISO format,
-            * **origin**: the origin id
+            * **origin**: the origin url
             * **status**: the visit status, either **full**, **partial**
               or **ongoing**
             * **visit**: the visit id
+            * **type**: the visit type
 
     Raises:
         NotFoundExc: if the origin is not found
@@ -94,13 +95,12 @@
 
     Args:
         origin_info (dict): a dict filled with origin information
-            (id, url, type)
         visit_ts (int or str): an ISO date string or Unix timestamp to parse
 
     Returns:
         A dict containing the visit info as described below::
 
-            {'origin': 2,
+            {'origin': 'https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-web/',
              'date': '2017-10-08T11:54:25.582463+00:00',
              'metadata': {},
              'visit': 25,
@@ -110,39 +110,23 @@
     visits = get_origin_visits(origin_info)
 
     if not visits:
-        if 'url' in origin_info:
-            message = ('No visit associated to origin with'
-                       ' url %s!' % origin_info['url'])
-        else:
-            message = ('No visit associated to origin with'
-                       ' id %s!' % origin_info['id'])
-        raise NotFoundExc(message)
+        raise NotFoundExc(('No visit associated to origin with'
+                           ' url %s!' % origin_info['url']))
 
     if snapshot_id:
         visit = [v for v in visits if v['snapshot'] == snapshot_id]
         if len(visit) == 0:
-            if 'type' in origin_info and 'url' in origin_info:
-                message = ('Visit for snapshot with id %s for origin with type'
-                           ' url %s not found!' %
-                           (snapshot_id, origin_info['url']))
-            else:
-                message = ('Visit for snapshot with id %s for origin with'
-                           ' id %s not found!' %
-                           (snapshot_id, origin_info['id']))
-            raise NotFoundExc(message)
+            raise NotFoundExc(('Visit for snapshot with id %s for origin with'
+                               ' url %s not found!' %
+                               (snapshot_id, origin_info['url'])))
         return visit[0]
 
     if visit_id:
         visit = [v for v in visits if v['visit'] == int(visit_id)]
         if len(visit) == 0:
-            if 'type' in origin_info and 'url' in origin_info:
-                message = ('Visit with id %s for origin with'
-                           ' and url %s not found!' %
-                           (visit_id, origin_info['url']))
-            else:
-                message = ('Visit with id %s for origin with id %s'
-                           ' not found!' % (visit_id, origin_info['id']))
-            raise NotFoundExc(message)
+            raise NotFoundExc(('Visit with id %s for origin with'
+                               ' url %s not found!' %
+                               (visit_id, origin_info['url'])))
         return visit[0]
 
     if not visit_ts:
@@ -170,11 +154,6 @@
             visit = visits[visit_idx]
         return visit
     else:
-        if 'type' in origin_info and 'url' in origin_info:
-            message = ('Visit with timestamp %s for origin with '
-                       'and url %s not found!' %
-                       (visit_ts, origin_info['url']))
-        else:
-            message = ('Visit with timestamp %s for origin with id %s '
-                       'not found!' % (visit_ts, origin_info['id']))
-        raise NotFoundExc(message)
+        raise NotFoundExc(('Visit with timestamp %s for origin with '
+                           'url %s not found!' %
+                           (visit_ts, origin_info['url'])))
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py b/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/common/test_origin_visits.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     origin_info = {
         'id': 1,
-        'type': 'git',
+
         'url': 'https://github.com/foo/bar',
     }
 
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
     mock_origin_visits = mocker.patch(
         'swh.web.common.origin_visits.get_origin_visits')
     origin_info = {
-        'id': 2,
-        'type': 'git',
         'url': 'https://github.com/foo/bar',
     }
     visits = [
@@ -64,31 +62,36 @@
             'status': 'full',
             'date': '2015-07-09T21:09:24+00:00',
             'visit': 1,
-            'origin': origin_info['id']
+            'origin': 'https://github.com/foo/bar',
+            'type': 'git',
         },
         {
             'status': 'full',
             'date': '2016-02-23T18:05:23.312045+00:00',
             'visit': 2,
-            'origin': origin_info['id']
+            'origin': 'https://github.com/foo/bar',
+            'type': 'git',
         },
         {
             'status': 'full',
             'date': '2016-03-28T01:35:06.554111+00:00',
             'visit': 3,
-            'origin': origin_info['id']
+            'origin': 'https://github.com/foo/bar',
+            'type': 'git',
         },
         {
             'status': 'full',
             'date': '2016-06-18T01:22:24.808485+00:00',
             'visit': 4,
-            'origin': origin_info['id']
+            'origin': 'https://github.com/foo/bar',
+            'type': 'git',
         },
         {
             'status': 'full',
             'date': '2016-08-14T12:10:00.536702+00:00',
             'visit': 5,
-            'origin': origin_info['id']
+            'origin': 'https://github.com/foo/bar',
+            'type': 'git',
         }
     ]
     mock_origin_visits.return_value = visits