diff --git a/josh-proxy/src/bin/josh-proxy.rs b/josh-proxy/src/bin/josh-proxy.rs
index 5f0ffa7f5..3e0a07e3e 100644
--- a/josh-proxy/src/bin/josh-proxy.rs
+++ b/josh-proxy/src/bin/josh-proxy.rs
@@ -1253,19 +1253,17 @@ async fn call_service(
             }
             pu
         } else {
-            let redirect_path = if path == "/" {
-                "/~/ui/".to_string()
+            if path == "/" {
+                let redirect_path = "/~/ui/".to_string();
+                return Ok(Response::builder()
+                    .status(hyper::StatusCode::FOUND)
+                    .header("Location", redirect_path)
+                    .body(empty())?);
             } else {
-                format!(
-                    "/~/ui/browse?repo={}.git&path=&filter=%3A%2F&rev=HEAD",
-                    path
-                )
+                return Ok(Response::builder()
+                    .status(hyper::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)
+                    .body(empty())?);
             };
-
-            return Ok(Response::builder()
-                .status(hyper::StatusCode::FOUND)
-                .header("Location", redirect_path)
-                .body(empty())?);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/tests/proxy/clone_invalid_url.t b/tests/proxy/clone_invalid_url.t
index b877565ca..4d14d9779 100644
--- a/tests/proxy/clone_invalid_url.t
+++ b/tests/proxy/clone_invalid_url.t
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
   $ cd ${TESTTMP}
 
   $ git clone -q http://localhost:8002/xxx full_repo
-  fatal: unable to update url base from redirection:
-    asked for: http://localhost:8002/xxx/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack
-     redirect: http://localhost:8002/~/ui/browse?repo=/xxx/info/refs.git&path=&filter=%3A%2F&rev=HEAD
+  fatal: repository 'http://localhost:8002/xxx/' not found
   [128]
 
   $ bash ${TESTDIR}/destroy_test_env.sh
diff --git a/tests/proxy/ui.t b/tests/proxy/ui.t
index 333fd84f3..3e253130d 100644
--- a/tests/proxy/ui.t
+++ b/tests/proxy/ui.t
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   date: * (glob)
   \r (esc)
   $ curl -s -I http://127.0.0.1:8002/a/repo
-  HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r (esc)
-  location: /~/ui/browse?repo=/a/repo.git&path=&filter=%3A%2F&rev=HEAD\r (esc)
+  HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r (esc)
   date: * (glob)
   \r (esc)