diff --git a/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js b/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js
index e95dad80831..2628da7fcd8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/dir-tool.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const propTypes = {
   sortOrder: PropTypes.string,
   sortItems: PropTypes.func,
   viewId: PropTypes.string,
-  viewType: PropTypes.string,
 };
 
 class DirTool extends React.Component {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/index.js b/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/index.js
index b8103cdd9b3..22df8e4b545 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/cur-dir-path/index.js
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ const propTypes = {
   repoTags: PropTypes.array.isRequired,
   onFileTagChanged: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   viewId: PropTypes.string,
-  viewType: PropTypes.string,
   onItemMove: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ class CurDirPath extends React.Component {
           sortOrder={this.props.sortOrder}
           sortItems={this.props.sortItems}
           viewId={this.props.viewId}
-          viewType={this.props.viewType}
         />}
         {!isDesktop && this.props.direntList.length > 0 &&
         <span className="sf3-font sf3-font-sort action-icon" onClick={this.toggleSortOptionsDialog}></span>}
diff --git a/frontend/src/metadata/hooks/metadata.js b/frontend/src/metadata/hooks/metadata.js
index 135ff37d714..5cd51e0ab20 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metadata/hooks/metadata.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metadata/hooks/metadata.js
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ export const MetadataProvider = ({ repoID, hideMetadataView, selectMetadataView,
       parentNode: {},
       key: repoID,
       view_id: view._id,
-      view_type: view.type,
     };
     selectMetadataView(node);
     setShowFirstView(false);
diff --git a/frontend/src/metadata/metadata-view/components/table/container.js b/frontend/src/metadata/metadata-view/components/table/container.js
index c1ac6d1e4d8..039ea8df79b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metadata/metadata-view/components/table/container.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metadata/metadata-view/components/table/container.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import { CommonlyUsedHotkey, getValidGroupbys } from '../../_basic';
 import { gettext } from '../../utils';
 import { useMetadata } from '../../hooks';
 import TableMain from './table-main';
+import Gallery from './gallery';
 import { Utils } from '../../../../utils/utils';
 
 import './index.css';
-import Gallery from './gallery';
 
 const Container = () => {
   const [isLoadingMore, setLoadingMore] = useState(false);
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-container.js b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-container.js
index b81d119fab1..679e1643638 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-container.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-container.js
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const propTypes = {
   filePermission: PropTypes.string,
   content: PropTypes.string,
   viewId: PropTypes.string,
-  viewType: PropTypes.string,
   lastModified: PropTypes.string,
   latestContributor: PropTypes.string,
   onLinkClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ class LibContentContainer extends React.Component {
             onFileTagChanged={this.props.onToolbarFileTagChanged}
             repoTags={this.props.repoTags}
             viewId={this.props.viewId}
-            viewType={this.props.viewType}
             onItemMove={this.props.onItemMove}
           />
           <ToolbarForSelectedDirents
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
index 9fdd200ed0c..655bdddf026 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
       asyncOperationProgress: 0,
       asyncOperatedFilesLength: 0,
       viewId: '0000',
-      viewType: 'table',
     };
 
     this.oldonpopstate = window.onpopstate;
@@ -512,7 +511,7 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
     window.history.pushState({ url: url, path: filePath }, filePath, url);
   };
 
-  showFileMetadata = (filePath, viewId, viewType) => {
+  showFileMetadata = (filePath, viewId) => {
     const repoID = this.props.repoID;
     const repoInfo = this.state.currentRepoInfo;
 
@@ -523,7 +522,6 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
       isFileLoadedErr: false,
       content: '__sf-metadata',
       viewId: viewId,
-      viewType: viewType,
       isDirentDetailShow: false
     });
 
@@ -1834,7 +1832,7 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
         }
       } else if (Utils.isFileMetadata(node?.object?.type)) {
         if (node.path !== this.state.path) {
-          this.showFileMetadata(node.path, node.view_id || '0000', node.view_type || 'table');
+          this.showFileMetadata(node.path, node.view_id || '0000');
         }
       } else {
         let url = siteRoot + 'lib/' + repoID + '/file' + Utils.encodePath(node.path);
@@ -2207,7 +2205,6 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
               filePermission={this.state.filePermission}
               content={this.state.content}
               viewId={this.state.viewId}
-              viewType={this.state.viewType}
               lastModified={this.state.lastModified}
               latestContributor={this.state.latestContributor}
               onLinkClick={this.onLinkClick}