diff --git a/html-gen.sh b/html-gen.sh
index 56f96fb..b37fb04 100644
--- a/html-gen.sh
+++ b/html-gen.sh
@@ -405,10 +405,6 @@ if [ $modification -gt 0 ]; then
   gzip -9kfn "$public_dir/rss.xml"
   echo "done."
   echo -n "[fugitive] Generating $public_dir/atom.xml... "
-  last_5_articles=`mktemp fugitiveXXXXXX`
-  head -5 "$articles_sorted" > "$last_5_articles"
-  last_5_commits=`mktemp fugitiveXXXXXX`
-  head -5 "$commits" > "$last_5_commits"
   cat "$templates_dir/atom.xml" | \
     replace_includes | \
     replace_foreach "article" "$last_5_articles" | \