diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/featured-topic.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/featured-topic.gjs
index 0f80da98f6b..d11fce1be2d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/featured-topic.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/featured-topic.gjs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { on } from "@ember/modifier";
 import { htmlSafe } from "@ember/template";
-import TopicEntrance from "discourse/components/topic-list/topic-entrance";
 import TopicPostBadges from "discourse/components/topic-post-badges";
 import TopicStatus from "discourse/components/topic-status";
 import formatAge from "discourse/helpers/format-age";
@@ -30,13 +29,11 @@ const FeaturedTopic = <template>
       @url={{@topic.lastUnreadUrl}}
     />
 
-    <TopicEntrance @topic={{@topic}}>
-      <a
-        {{on "click" onTimestampClick}}
-        href={{@topic.lastPostUrl}}
-        class="last-posted-at"
-      >{{formatAge @topic.last_posted_at}}</a>
-    </TopicEntrance>
+    <a
+      {{on "click" onTimestampClick}}
+      href={{@topic.lastPostUrl}}
+      class="last-posted-at"
+    >{{formatAge @topic.last_posted_at}}</a>
   </div>
 </template>;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/posts-count-column.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/posts-count-column.gjs
index 699a072416d..a822090efec 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/posts-count-column.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/posts-count-column.gjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import Component from "@glimmer/component";
 import { hash } from "@ember/helper";
 import { service } from "@ember/service";
 import PluginOutlet from "discourse/components/plugin-outlet";
-import TopicEntrance from "discourse/components/topic-list/topic-entrance";
 import element from "discourse/helpers/element";
 import number from "discourse/helpers/number";
 import I18n from "discourse-i18n";
@@ -55,17 +54,13 @@ export default class PostsCountColumn extends Component {
     <this.wrapperElement
       class="num posts-map posts {{this.likesHeat}} topic-list-data"
     >
-      <TopicEntrance
-        @topic={{@topic}}
-        @title={{this.title}}
-        @triggerClass="btn-link posts-map badge-posts {{this.likesHeat}}"
-      >
+      <a href={{@topic.firstPostUrl}} class="badge-posts">
         <PluginOutlet
           @name="topic-list-before-reply-count"
           @outletArgs={{hash topic=@topic}}
         />
         {{number @topic.replyCount noTitle="true"}}
-      </TopicEntrance>
+      </a>
     </this.wrapperElement>
   </template>
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/topic-entrance.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/topic-entrance.gjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 329dc4153e4..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-list/topic-entrance.gjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-import Component from "@glimmer/component";
-import { fn } from "@ember/helper";
-import { on } from "@ember/modifier";
-import { action } from "@ember/object";
-import { service } from "@ember/service";
-import { htmlSafe } from "@ember/template";
-import DiscourseURL from "discourse/lib/url";
-import icon from "discourse-common/helpers/d-icon";
-import i18n from "discourse-common/helpers/i18n";
-import I18n from "discourse-i18n";
-import DMenu from "float-kit/components/d-menu";
-
-function entranceDate(dt, showTime) {
-  const today = new Date();
-
-  if (dt.toDateString() === today.toDateString()) {
-    return moment(dt).format(I18n.t("dates.time"));
-  }
-
-  if (dt.getYear() === today.getYear()) {
-    // No year
-    return moment(dt).format(
-      showTime
-        ? I18n.t("dates.long_date_without_year_with_linebreak")
-        : I18n.t("dates.long_no_year_no_time")
-    );
-  }
-
-  return moment(dt).format(
-    showTime
-      ? I18n.t("dates.long_date_with_year_with_linebreak")
-      : I18n.t("dates.long_date_with_year_without_time")
-  );
-}
-
-export default class TopicEntrance extends Component {
-  @service historyStore;
-
-  get createdDate() {
-    return new Date(this.args.topic.created_at);
-  }
-
-  get bumpedDate() {
-    return new Date(this.args.topic.bumped_at);
-  }
-
-  get showTime() {
-    return (
-      this.bumpedDate.getTime() - this.createdDate.getTime() <
-      1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 2
-    );
-  }
-
-  get topDate() {
-    return entranceDate(this.createdDate, this.showTime);
-  }
-
-  get bottomDate() {
-    return entranceDate(this.bumpedDate, this.showTime);
-  }
-
-  @action
-  jumpTo(destination) {
-    this.historyStore.set("lastTopicIdViewed", this.args.topic.id);
-    DiscourseURL.routeTo(destination);
-  }
-
-  <template>
-    <DMenu
-      @title={{@title}}
-      @ariaLabel={{@title}}
-      @placement="center"
-      @autofocus={{true}}
-      @triggerClass={{@triggerClass}}
-    >
-      <:trigger>
-        {{yield}}
-      </:trigger>
-
-      <:content>
-        <div id="topic-entrance" class="--glimmer">
-          <button
-            {{on "click" (fn this.jumpTo @topic.url)}}
-            aria-label={{i18n
-              "topic_entrance.sr_jump_top_button"
-              date=this.topDate
-            }}
-            title={{i18n "topic_entrance.jump_top_button_title"}}
-            class="btn btn-default full jump-top"
-          >
-            {{icon "backward-step"}}
-            {{htmlSafe this.topDate}}
-          </button>
-
-          <button
-            {{on "click" (fn this.jumpTo @topic.lastPostUrl)}}
-            aria-label={{i18n
-              "topic_entrance.sr_jump_bottom_button"
-              date=this.bottomDate
-            }}
-            title={{i18n "topic_entrance.jump_bottom_button_title"}}
-            class="btn btn-default full jump-bottom"
-          >
-            {{htmlSafe this.bottomDate}}
-            {{icon "forward-step"}}
-          </button>
-        </div>
-      </:content>
-    </DMenu>
-  </template>
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
index 39c4ce2483b..a3a35b6861f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
     .badge-posts {
       font-weight: 700;
       color: inherit;
+      display: inline-block;
       padding: 15px 5px;
     }
   }