diff --git a/src/bundles/files/actions.js b/src/bundles/files/actions.js
index f33362cd9..1d164e192 100644
--- a/src/bundles/files/actions.js
+++ b/src/bundles/files/actions.js
@@ -396,9 +396,8 @@ const actions = () => ({
    * @param {FileStat[]} files
    */
   doFilesDownloadLink: (files) => perform(ACTIONS.DOWNLOAD_LINK, async (ipfs, { store }) => {
-    const apiUrl = store.selectApiUrl()
     const gatewayUrl = store.selectGatewayUrl()
-    return await getDownloadLink(files, gatewayUrl, apiUrl, ipfs)
+    return getDownloadLink(files, gatewayUrl, ipfs)
   }),
 
   /**
@@ -407,7 +406,7 @@ const actions = () => ({
    */
   doFilesDownloadCarLink: (files) => perform(ACTIONS.DOWNLOAD_LINK, async (ipfs, { store }) => {
     const gatewayUrl = store.selectGatewayUrl()
-    return await getCarLink(files, gatewayUrl, ipfs)
+    return getCarLink(files, gatewayUrl, ipfs)
   }),
 
   /**
@@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ const actions = () => ({
   doFilesShareLink: (files) => perform(ACTIONS.SHARE_LINK, async (ipfs, { store }) => {
     // ensureMFS deliberately omitted here, see https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-webui/issues/1744 for context.
     const publicGateway = store.selectPublicGateway()
-    return await getShareableLink(files, publicGateway, ipfs)
+    return getShareableLink(files, publicGateway, ipfs)
   }),
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/files/FilesPage.js b/src/files/FilesPage.js
index 456ae861d..56aa2a077 100644
--- a/src/files/FilesPage.js
+++ b/src/files/FilesPage.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { withTranslation, Trans } from 'react-i18next'
 import ReactJoyride from 'react-joyride'
 // Lib
 import { filesTour } from '../lib/tours'
-import downloadFile from './download-file'
 // Components
 import ContextMenu from './context-menu/ContextMenu'
 import withTour from '../components/tour/withTour'
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ const FilesPage = ({
   files, filesPathInfo, pinningServices, toursEnabled, handleJoyrideCallback, isCliTutorModeEnabled, cliOptions, t
 }) => {
   const contextMenuRef = useRef()
-  const [downloadAbort, setDownloadAbort] = useState(null)
-  const [downloadProgress, setDownloadProgress] = useState(null)
   const [modals, setModals] = useState({ show: null, files: null })
   const [contextMenu, setContextMenu] = useState({
     isOpen: false,
@@ -58,32 +55,13 @@ const FilesPage = ({
   */
 
   const onDownload = async (files) => {
-    if (downloadProgress !== null) {
-      return downloadAbort()
-    }
-
-    const { url, filename, method } = await doFilesDownloadLink(files)
-
-    if (method === 'GET') {
-      const link = document.createElement('a')
-      link.href = url
-      link.click()
-    } else {
-      const updater = (v) => setDownloadProgress(v)
-      const { abort } = await downloadFile(url, filename, updater, method)
-      setDownloadAbort(() => abort)
-    }
+    const url = await doFilesDownloadLink(files)
+    window.location.href = url
   }
 
   const onDownloadCar = async (files) => {
-    if (downloadProgress !== null) {
-      return downloadAbort()
-    }
-
     const url = await doFilesDownloadCarLink(files)
-    const link = document.createElement('a')
-    link.href = url
-    link.click()
+    window.location.href = url
   }
 
   const onAddFiles = (raw, root = '') => {
@@ -167,7 +145,6 @@ const FilesPage = ({
         pendingPins={pendingPins}
         failedPins={failedPins}
         upperDir={files.upper}
-        downloadProgress={downloadProgress}
         onShare={(files) => showModal(SHARE, files)}
         onRename={(files) => showModal(RENAME, files)}
         onRemove={(files) => showModal(DELETE, files)}
diff --git a/src/files/download-file.js b/src/files/download-file.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d830b918..000000000
--- a/src/files/download-file.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-const downloadFile = (srcUrl, filename, progressCallback, method = 'GET') => {
-  const xhr = new window.XMLHttpRequest()
-  let total = 0
-
-  const abort = () => {
-    xhr.abort()
-    progressCallback(null)
-  }
-
-  xhr.responseType = 'blob'
-  xhr.open(method, srcUrl, true)
-
-  xhr.onload = (e) => {
-    progressCallback(100)
-
-    const res = xhr.response
-    const blob = new window.Blob([res])
-    const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob)
-    const a = document.createElement('a')
-
-    document.body.appendChild(a)
-    a.style = 'display:none'
-    a.href = url
-    a.download = filename
-    a.click()
-
-    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url)
-    progressCallback(null)
-  }
-
-  xhr.onprogress = (e) => {
-    total = e.lengthComputable
-      ? e.total
-      : (total ||
-      xhr.getResponseHeader('X-Content-Length') ||
-      xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Length'))
-
-    progressCallback((e.loaded / total) * 100)
-  }
-
-  xhr.send()
-  return { abort }
-}
-export default downloadFile
diff --git a/src/files/files-list/FilesList.js b/src/files/files-list/FilesList.js
index 8bdafe277..476aaf707 100644
--- a/src/files/files-list/FilesList.js
+++ b/src/files/files-list/FilesList.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const mergeRemotePinsIntoFiles = (files, remotePins = [], pendingPins = [], fail
 }
 
 export const FilesList = ({
-  className, files, pins, pinningServices, remotePins, pendingPins, failedPins, filesSorting, updateSorting, downloadProgress, filesIsFetching, filesPathInfo, showLoadingAnimation,
+  className, files, pins, pinningServices, remotePins, pendingPins, failedPins, filesSorting, updateSorting, filesIsFetching, filesPathInfo, showLoadingAnimation,
   onShare, onSetPinning, onInspect, onDownload, onRemove, onRename, onNavigate, onRemotePinClick, onAddFiles, onMove, doFetchRemotePins, doDismissFailedPin, handleContextMenuClick, t
 }) => {
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState([])
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ export const FilesList = ({
             inspect={() => onInspect(selectedFiles[0].cid)}
             count={selectedFiles.length}
             isMfs={filesPathInfo.isMfs}
-            downloadProgress={downloadProgress}
             size={selectedFiles.reduce((a, b) => a + (b.size || 0), 0)} />
           }
         </Fragment> }
@@ -374,7 +373,6 @@ FilesList.propTypes = {
     asc: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
   }),
   updateSorting: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  downloadProgress: PropTypes.number,
   filesIsFetching: PropTypes.bool,
   filesPathInfo: PropTypes.object,
   // Actions
diff --git a/src/files/selected-actions/SelectedActions.js b/src/files/selected-actions/SelectedActions.js
index a722dd9e5..09f7c4968 100644
--- a/src/files/selected-actions/SelectedActions.js
+++ b/src/files/selected-actions/SelectedActions.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ class SelectedActions extends React.Component {
     download: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     rename: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     inspect: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    downloadProgress: PropTypes.number,
     t: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     tReady: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     isMfs: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
@@ -70,37 +69,12 @@ class SelectedActions extends React.Component {
     force100: false
   }
 
-  componentDidUpdate (prev) {
-    if (this.props.downloadProgress === 100 && prev.downloadProgress !== 100) {
-      this.setState({ force100: true })
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        this.setState({ force100: false })
-      }, 2000)
-    }
-  }
-
   componentDidMount () {
     this.containerRef.current && this.containerRef.current.focus()
   }
 
-  get downloadText () {
-    if (this.state.force100) {
-      return this.props.t('finished')
-    }
-
-    if (!this.props.downloadProgress) {
-      return this.props.t('app:actions.download')
-    }
-
-    if (this.props.downloadProgress === 100) {
-      return this.props.t('finished')
-    }
-
-    return this.props.downloadProgress.toFixed(0) + '%'
-  }
-
   render () {
-    const { t, tReady, animateOnStart, count, size, unselect, remove, share, setPinning, download, downloadProgress, rename, inspect, className, style, isMfs, ...props } = this.props
+    const { t, tReady, animateOnStart, count, size, unselect, remove, share, setPinning, download, rename, inspect, className, style, isMfs, ...props } = this.props
 
     const isSingle = count === 1
 
@@ -131,7 +105,7 @@ class SelectedActions extends React.Component {
             </button>
             <button role="menuitem" className='tc mh2' onClick={download}>
               <StrokeDownload className='w3 hover-fill-navy-muted' fill='#A4BFCC' aria-hidden="true"/>
-              <p className='ma0 f6'>{this.downloadText}</p>
+              <p className='ma0 f6'>{t('app:actions.download')}</p>
             </button>
             <button role="menuitem" className={classNames('tc mh2', classes.action(isMfs))} onClick={isMfs ? remove : null}>
               <StrokeTrash className={classes.svg(isMfs)} fill='#A4BFCC' aria-hidden="true"/>
diff --git a/src/lib/files.js b/src/lib/files.js
index 1aa37c62e..0d9bb2969 100644
--- a/src/lib/files.js
+++ b/src/lib/files.js
@@ -35,31 +35,20 @@ export function normalizeFiles (files) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @typedef {Object} FileDownload
- * @property {string} url
- * @property {string} filename
- * @property {string} method
- *
- * @param {FileStat} file
+ * @param {string} type
+ * @param {string} name
+ * @param {CID} cid
  * @param {string} gatewayUrl
- * @param {string} apiUrl
- * @returns {Promise<FileDownload>}
+ * @returns {string}
  */
-async function downloadSingle (file, gatewayUrl, apiUrl) {
-  let url, filename, method
-
-  if (file.type === 'directory') {
-    const name = file.name || `download_${file.cid}` // Name is not always available.
-    url = `${apiUrl}/api/v0/get?arg=${file.cid}&archive=true&compress=true`
-    filename = `${name}.tar.gz`
-    method = 'POST' // API is POST-only
+function getDownloadURL (type, name, cid, gatewayUrl) {
+  if (type === 'directory') {
+    const filename = `${name || `download_${cid.toString()}`}.tar`
+    return `${gatewayUrl}/ipfs/${cid.toString()}?download=true&format=tar&filename=${filename}`
   } else {
-    url = `${gatewayUrl}/ipfs/${file.cid}?download=true&filename=${file.name}`
-    filename = file.name
-    method = 'GET'
+    const filename = `${name || cid}`
+    return `${gatewayUrl}/ipfs/${cid.toString()}?download=true&filename=${filename}`
   }
-
-  return { url, filename, method }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -87,42 +76,20 @@ export async function makeCIDFromFiles (files, ipfs) {
   return stat.cid
 }
 
-/**
- *
- * @param {FileStat[]} files
- * @param {string} apiUrl
- * @param {IPFSService} ipfs
- * @returns {Promise<FileDownload>}
- */
-async function downloadMultiple (files, apiUrl, ipfs) {
-  if (!apiUrl) {
-    const e = new Error('api url undefined')
-    return Promise.reject(e)
-  }
-
-  const cid = await makeCIDFromFiles(files, ipfs)
-
-  return {
-    url: `${apiUrl}/api/v0/get?arg=${cid}&archive=true&compress=true`,
-    filename: `download_${cid}.tar.gz`,
-    method: 'POST' // API is POST-only
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  *
  * @param {FileStat[]} files
  * @param {string} gatewayUrl
- * @param {string} apiUrl
  * @param {IPFSService} ipfs
- * @returns {Promise<FileDownload>}
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
  */
-export async function getDownloadLink (files, gatewayUrl, apiUrl, ipfs) {
+export async function getDownloadLink (files, gatewayUrl, ipfs) {
   if (files.length === 1) {
-    return downloadSingle(files[0], gatewayUrl, apiUrl)
+    return getDownloadURL(files[0].type, files[0].name, files[0].cid, gatewayUrl)
   }
 
-  return downloadMultiple(files, apiUrl, ipfs)
+  const cid = await makeCIDFromFiles(files, ipfs)
+  return getDownloadURL('directory', '', cid, gatewayUrl)
 }
 
 /**