diff --git a/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
index 33a10fa01f..3580808aac 100644
--- a/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 							<div class="ui basic jump dropdown icon button tooltip" data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.branch.download" ($.DefaultBranch)}}" data-position="top right">
 								{{svg "octicon-download"}}
 								<div class="menu">
-									<a class="item archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.DefaultBranch}}.zip">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;ZIP</a>
-									<a class="item archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.DefaultBranch}}.tar.gz">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;TAR.GZ</a>
+									<a class="item archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.DefaultBranch}}.zip" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;ZIP</a>
+									<a class="item archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.DefaultBranch}}.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;TAR.GZ</a>
 								</div>
 							</div>
 						</td>
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
 											<div class="ui basic jump dropdown icon button tooltip" data-content="{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.branch.download" (.Name)}}" data-position="top right">
 												{{svg "octicon-download"}}
 												<div class="menu">
-													<a class="item archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments .Name}}.zip">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;ZIP</a>
-													<a class="item archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments .Name}}.tar.gz">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;TAR.GZ</a>
+													<a class="item archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments .Name}}.zip" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;ZIP</a>
+													<a class="item archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments .Name}}.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;TAR.GZ</a>
 												</div>
 											</div>
 										{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/home.tmpl b/templates/repo/home.tmpl
index 4ba34bc6c5..5ee6cc2df7 100644
--- a/templates/repo/home.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/home.tmpl
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
 						<button id="download-btn" class="ui basic jump dropdown icon button tooltip" data-content="{{.i18n.Tr "repo.download_archive"}}" data-position="top right">
 							{{svg "octicon-download"}}
 							<div class="menu">
-								<a class="item archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.BranchName}}.zip">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-3"}}{{.i18n.Tr "repo.download_zip"}}</a>
-								<a class="item archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.BranchName}}.tar.gz">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-3"}}{{.i18n.Tr "repo.download_tar"}}</a>
-								<a class="item archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.BranchName}}.bundle">{{svg "octicon-package" 16 "mr-3"}}{{.i18n.Tr "repo.download_bundle"}}</a>
+								<a class="item archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.BranchName}}.zip" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-3"}}{{.i18n.Tr "repo.download_zip"}}</a>
+								<a class="item archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.BranchName}}.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-3"}}{{.i18n.Tr "repo.download_tar"}}</a>
+								<a class="item archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{PathEscapeSegments $.BranchName}}.bundle" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-package" 16 "mr-3"}}{{.i18n.Tr "repo.download_bundle"}}</a>
 								<a class="item" href="vscode://vscode.git/clone?url={{if $.PageIsWiki}}{{$.WikiCloneLink.HTTPS}}{{else}}{{$.CloneLink.HTTPS}}{{end}}">{{svg "gitea-vscode" 16 "mr-3"}}{{.i18n.Tr "repo.clone_in_vsc"}}</a>
 							</div>
 						</button>
diff --git a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
index 95f1bea80c..1a3ca9423e 100644
--- a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 								<div class="download df ac">
 									{{if $.Permission.CanRead $.UnitTypeCode}}
 										<a class="mr-3 mono" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/commit/{{.Sha1}}" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-git-commit" 16 "mr-2"}}{{ShortSha .Sha1}}</a>
-										<a class="archive-link mr-3" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.zip" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}ZIP</a>
-										<a class="archive-link mr-3" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.tar.gz">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}TAR.GZ</a>
+										<a class="archive-link mr-3" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.zip" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}ZIP</a>
+										<a class="archive-link mr-3" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}TAR.GZ</a>
 										{{if (and $.CanCreateRelease $release.IsTag)}}
 											<a class="mr-3" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/releases/new?tag={{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}">{{svg "octicon-tag" 16 "mr-2"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.new_release"}}</a>
 										{{end}}
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
 							<div class="download">
 							{{if $.Permission.CanRead $.UnitTypeCode}}
 								<a class="mono" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/commit/{{.Sha1}}" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-git-commit" 16 "mr-2"}}{{ShortSha .Sha1}}</a>
-								<a class="archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.zip" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;ZIP</a>
-								<a class="archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.tar.gz">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;TAR.GZ</a>
+								<a class="archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.zip" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;ZIP</a>
+								<a class="archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">{{svg "octicon-file-zip"}}&nbsp;TAR.GZ</a>
 							{{end}}
 							</div>
 						{{else}}
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@
 								<ul class="list">
 									{{if and (not .IsDraft) ($.Permission.CanRead $.UnitTypeCode)}}
 										<li>
-											<a class="archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.zip" rel="nofollow"><strong>{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.source_code"}} (ZIP)</strong></a>
+											<a class="archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.zip" rel="nofollow"><strong>{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.source_code"}} (ZIP)</strong></a>
 										</li>
 										<li>
-											<a class="archive-link" data-url="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.tar.gz"><strong>{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.source_code"}} (TAR.GZ)</strong></a>
+											<a class="archive-link" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/archive/{{.TagName | PathEscapeSegments}}.tar.gz" rel="nofollow"><strong>{{svg "octicon-file-zip" 16 "mr-2"}}{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.source_code"}} (TAR.GZ)</strong></a>
 										</li>
 									{{end}}
 									{{if .Attachments}}
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-common.js b/web_src/js/features/repo-common.js
index 2ae4f9c94e..3ddabe10f1 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-common.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-common.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function getArchive($target, url, first) {
 export function initRepoArchiveLinks() {
   $('.archive-link').on('click', function (event) {
     event.preventDefault();
-    const url = $(this).data('url');
+    const url = $(this).attr('href');
     if (!url) return;
     getArchive($(event.target), url, true);
   });