diff --git a/templates/macros.html b/templates/macros.html
index 86ab98d..b3bc48a 100644
--- a/templates/macros.html
+++ b/templates/macros.html
@@ -14,9 +14,4 @@
 ></script>
 {% endmacro podlove_subscribe_button %}
 {% macro title(page) -%}
-{#- tera lacks zero padding and also log operator -#}
-{%- if page.extra.episode is defined -%}
-{%- set len = page.extra.episode | as_str | length -%}
-{{ config.extra.acronym }}{% for i in range(end=config.extra.pad_to - len) %}0{% endfor %}{{ page.extra.episode }} {% endif -%}
-{{ page.title }}
 {%- endmacro poster %}
diff --git a/templates/podlove-player.html b/templates/podlove-player.html
index 0d53233..cf146bc 100644
--- a/templates/podlove-player.html
+++ b/templates/podlove-player.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 </div>
 <script id="config-episode-{{ page.slug }}" type="application/json">
 {
-  "title": {{ macros::title(page=page) | json_encode | safe }},
+  "title": {{ page.title | json_encode | safe }},
   "subtitle": {{ page.extra.subtitle | default(value="") | json_encode | safe }},
   "summary": {{ page.description | json_encode | safe }},
   "publicationDate": {{ page.date | date(format="%+") | json_encode | safe }},
diff --git a/templates/post.html b/templates/post.html
index 0788676..2a43b6d 100644
--- a/templates/post.html
+++ b/templates/post.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <article>
-  <h2 class="title mb-2"><a href="{{ page.permalink | safe }}">{{ macros::title(page=page) }}</a></h2>
+  <h2 class="title mb-2"><a href="{{ page.permalink | safe }}">{{ page.title }}</a></h2>
   <div class="post-meta"><span>{% if page.date %}Veröffentlicht am {{ page.date | date(format="%d.%m.%Y") }}{% endif %}</span></div>
 
   <div class="content mt-5">
diff --git a/templates/rss.xml b/templates/rss.xml
index a2af81d..c61ed86 100644
--- a/templates/rss.xml
+++ b/templates/rss.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     {%- for page in pages %}
     {%- set episode_meta = episodes_meta[page.slug] -%}
     <item>
-      <title>{{ macros::title(page=page) }}</title>
+      <title>{{ page.title }}</title>
       <link>{{ page.permalink | escape_xml | safe }}</link>
       <guid>{{ page.permalink | escape_xml | safe }}</guid>
       <pubDate>{{ page.date | date(format="%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z") }}</pubDate>