diff --git a/src/create/CreateLinkView.js b/src/create/CreateLinkView.js
index 0dd5bc6..784cb66 100644
--- a/src/create/CreateLinkView.js
+++ b/src/create/CreateLinkView.js
@@ -22,17 +22,8 @@ export class CreateLinkView extends TemplateView {
 	render(t, vm) {
         const link = t.a({href: vm => vm.linkUrl}, vm => vm.linkUrl);
 		return t.div({className: "CreateLinkView card"}, [
-			t.h1(
-				{className: {hidden: vm => vm.previewViewModel}},
-				"Create shareable links to Matrix rooms, users or messages without being tied to any app"
-			),
-			t.mapView(vm => vm.previewViewModel, childVM => childVM ? new PreviewView(childVM) : null),
-            t.div({className: {hidden: vm => !vm.linkUrl}}, [
-                t.h2(link),
-                t.div(copyButton(t, () => vm.linkUrl, "Copy link", "fullwidth primary")),
-                t.div(t.button({className: "secondary fullwidth", onClick: () => this._clear()}, "Or create another link")),
-            ]),
-			t.form({action: "#", onSubmit: evt => this._onSubmit(evt), className: {hidden: vm => vm.linkUrl}}, [
+			t.h1("Create shareable links to Matrix rooms, users or messages without being tied to any app"),
+			t.form({action: "#", onSubmit: evt => this._onSubmit(evt)}, [
 				t.div(t.input({
 					className: "fullwidth large",
 					type: "text",
@@ -52,7 +43,6 @@ export class CreateLinkView extends TemplateView {
 		const {identifier} = form.elements;
 		this.value.createLink(identifier.value);
         identifier.value = "";
-
 	}
 
     _onIdentifierChange(evt) {
@@ -63,10 +53,4 @@ export class CreateLinkView extends TemplateView {
             inputField.setCustomValidity("");
         }
     }
-
-    _clear() {
-        this.value.clear();
-        const textField = this.root().querySelector("input[name=identifier]");
-        textField.focus();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/create/CreateLinkViewModel.js b/src/create/CreateLinkViewModel.js
index 6e5fcc5..21f4c81 100644
--- a/src/create/CreateLinkViewModel.js
+++ b/src/create/CreateLinkViewModel.js
@@ -32,28 +32,7 @@ export class CreateLinkViewModel extends ViewModel {
     async createLink(identifier) {
         this._link = Link.parse(identifier);
         if (this._link) {
-        	// TODO: abort previous load
-        	this.previewViewModel = new PreviewViewModel(this.childOptions({
-        		link: this._link,
-        		consentedServers: this._link.servers,
-        	}));
-        	this.emitChange();
-        	await this.previewViewModel.load();
-        } else {
-        	this.previewViewModel = null;
+            this.openLink("#" + this._link.toFragment());
         }
-        this.emitChange();
-    }
-
-    get linkUrl() {
-    	if (this._link) {
-        	return `${this.origin}/#${this._link.toFragment()}`;
-    	}
-    }
-
-    clear() {
-        this._link = null;
-        this.previewViewModel = null;
-        this.emitChange();
     }
 }