diff --git a/swh/web/common/archive.py b/swh/web/common/archive.py
--- a/swh/web/common/archive.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/archive.py
@@ -1122,42 +1122,6 @@
     return converters.from_snapshot(snp.to_dict()) if snp is not None else None
 
 
-def lookup_snapshot_branch_name_from_tip_revision(
-    snapshot_id: str, revision_id: str
-) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Check if a revision corresponds to the tip of a snapshot branch
-
-    Args:
-        snapshot_id: hexadecimal representation of a snapshot id
-        revision_id: hexadecimal representation of a revision id
-
-    Returns:
-        The name of the first found branch or None otherwise
-    """
-    per_page = 10000
-    branches_from = ""
-    snapshot: Dict[str, Any] = {"branches": {}}
-    branches = []
-    while not branches_from or len(snapshot["branches"]) == per_page + 1:
-        snapshot = lookup_snapshot(
-            snapshot_id,
-            target_types=[REVISION],
-            branches_from=branches_from,
-            branches_count=per_page + 1,
-            branch_name_exclude_prefix=None,
-        )
-
-        branches += [
-            {"name": k, "target": v["target"]} for k, v in snapshot["branches"].items()
-        ]
-        branches_from = branches[-1]["name"]
-
-    for branch in branches:
-        if branch["target"] == revision_id:
-            return branch["name"]
-    return None
-
-
 def lookup_snapshot_alias(
     snapshot_id: str, alias_name: str
 ) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
diff --git a/swh/web/common/identifiers.py b/swh/web/common/identifiers.py
--- a/swh/web/common/identifiers.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/identifiers.py
@@ -162,16 +162,11 @@
         query_dict["snapshot"] = hash_to_hex(swhid_parsed.visit.object_id)
 
         if swhid_parsed.anchor:
-            if swhid_parsed.anchor.object_type == ObjectType.REVISION:
-                # check if the anchor revision is the tip of a branch
-                branch_name = archive.lookup_snapshot_branch_name_from_tip_revision(
-                    hash_to_hex(swhid_parsed.visit.object_id),
-                    hash_to_hex(swhid_parsed.anchor.object_id),
-                )
-                if branch_name:
-                    query_dict["branch"] = branch_name
-                elif object_type != ObjectType.REVISION:
-                    query_dict["revision"] = hash_to_hex(swhid_parsed.anchor.object_id)
+            if (
+                swhid_parsed.anchor.object_type == ObjectType.REVISION
+                and object_type != ObjectType.REVISION
+            ):
+                query_dict["revision"] = hash_to_hex(swhid_parsed.anchor.object_id)
 
             elif swhid_parsed.anchor.object_type == ObjectType.RELEASE:
                 release = archive.lookup_release(
@@ -180,13 +175,6 @@
                 if release:
                     query_dict["release"] = release["name"]
 
-        if object_type == ObjectType.REVISION and "release" not in query_dict:
-            branch_name = archive.lookup_snapshot_branch_name_from_tip_revision(
-                hash_to_hex(swhid_parsed.visit.object_id), hash_to_hex(object_id)
-            )
-            if branch_name:
-                query_dict["branch"] = branch_name
-
     # browsing content or directory without snapshot context
     elif (
         object_type in (ObjectType.CONTENT, ObjectType.DIRECTORY)
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_archive.py b/swh/web/tests/common/test_archive.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_archive.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/common/test_archive.py
@@ -992,27 +992,6 @@
     assert origin_info["url"] == origin_url
 
 
-@given(snapshot())
-def test_lookup_snapshot_branch_name_from_tip_revision(archive_data, snapshot_id):
-    snapshot = archive_data.snapshot_get(snapshot_id)
-    branches = [
-        {"name": k, "revision": v["target"]}
-        for k, v in snapshot["branches"].items()
-        if v["target_type"] == "revision"
-    ]
-    branch_info = random.choice(branches)
-    possible_results = [
-        b["name"] for b in branches if b["revision"] == branch_info["revision"]
-    ]
-
-    assert (
-        archive.lookup_snapshot_branch_name_from_tip_revision(
-            snapshot_id, branch_info["revision"]
-        )
-        in possible_results
-    )
-
-
 @given(origin(), new_origin())
 def test_lookup_origins_get_by_sha1s(origin, unknown_origin):
     hasher = hashlib.sha1()
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py b/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/common/test_identifiers.py
@@ -556,22 +556,7 @@
             query_params["release"] = snapshot_context["release"]
         else:
             obj_context["anchor"] = gen_swhid(REVISION, snapshot_context["revision_id"])
-            if (
-                snapshot_context["branch"]
-                and snapshot_context["branch"] != snapshot_context["revision_id"]
-            ):
-                branch = snapshot_context["branch"]
-                if branch == "HEAD":
-                    for b in snapshot_context["branches"]:
-                        if (
-                            b["revision"] == snapshot_context["revision_id"]
-                            and b["name"] != "HEAD"
-                        ):
-                            branch = b["name"]
-                            break
-
-                query_params["branch"] = branch
-            elif object_type != REVISION:
+            if object_type != REVISION:
                 query_params["revision"] = snapshot_context["revision_id"]
 
     if path: