diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 6d66bda..9cd36d1 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ type Repo struct {
 	GiteaCreated time.Time `json:"created_at"`
 	GiteaUpdated time.Time `json:"updated_at"`
 
-	oldestCommit time.Time
 	newestCommit time.Time
 	topics       []string
 }
@@ -46,16 +45,6 @@ func (this *Application) populateCommitInfo(ctx context.Context, rr *Repo) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// The oldest commit needs us to page through the commit history to find it
-
-	oldestCommit, err := this.oldestCommit(ctx, rr.Name, "")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("finding oldest commit for '%s': %s", rr.Name, err)
-		rr.oldestCommit = rr.GiteaCreated // best guess
-
-	} else {
-		rr.oldestCommit = oldestCommit.Commit.Author.Date
-	}
 }
 
 type ContentsResponse struct {
@@ -189,17 +178,6 @@ func (this *Application) commits(ctx context.Context, repo, ref string) ([]Commi
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func (this *Application) oldestCommit(ctx context.Context, repo, ref string) (CommitListEntry, error) {
-	cc, err := this.commits(ctx, repo, ref)
-	if err != nil {
-		return CommitListEntry{}, err
-	}
-
-	// Take the last listed entry
-	// TODO maybe need to iterate/sort?
-	return cc[len(cc)-1], nil
-}
-
 // reposPage gets a single page of the list of Git repositories in this organisation.
 func (this *Application) reposPage(ctx context.Context, page, limit int) ([]Repo, error) {
 	var repos []Repo
diff --git a/pages.go b/pages.go
index bf34cb7..7109ccd 100644
--- a/pages.go
+++ b/pages.go
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ func (this *Application) Homepage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			<tr
 				class="`+html.EscapeString(rowClass)+`"
 				data-sort-al="`+fmt.Sprintf("-%d", this.reposAlphabeticalOrder[repo.Name])+`"
-				data-sort-ls="`+fmt.Sprintf("%.0f", repo.newestCommit.Sub(repo.oldestCommit).Seconds())+`"
-				data-sort-ct="`+fmt.Sprintf("%d", repo.oldestCommit.Unix())+`"
+				data-sort-ls="`+fmt.Sprintf("%.0f", repo.newestCommit.Sub(repo.GiteaCreated).Seconds())+`"
+				data-sort-ct="`+fmt.Sprintf("%d", repo.GiteaCreated.Unix())+`"
 				data-sort-mt="`+fmt.Sprintf("%d", repo.newestCommit.Unix())+`"
 			>
 				<td>
diff --git a/sync.go b/sync.go
index c9cfc2a..f828d83 100644
--- a/sync.go
+++ b/sync.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (this *Application) sync(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 
 	// But then make sure the final sort is by most-recently-created
 	sort.Slice(repos, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return repos[i].oldestCommit.After(repos[j].oldestCommit)
+		return repos[i].GiteaCreated.After(repos[j].GiteaCreated)
 	})
 
 	// Commit our changes for the other threads to look at