diff --git a/scripts/build_site.py b/scripts/build_site.py
index faf4bb1f..ae4c8a6f 100644
--- a/scripts/build_site.py
+++ b/scripts/build_site.py
@@ -5750,14 +5750,8 @@ def split_catalogued_text_title(work):
 
 
 def text_contents_title(work):
-    """Render one catalogue title in romanized Phi and Tengwar."""
-    phi_title, english_title = split_catalogued_text_title(work)
-    tengwar_title = tengwar.render_line(phi_title)
-    if tengwar_title is None:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"text catalogue title cannot render in Tengwar: texts/{work['path']}"
-        )
-    return phi_title, english_title, tengwar_title
+    """Split one catalogue title into its romanized Phi and English halves."""
+    return split_catalogued_text_title(work)
 
 
 def text_contents_arrow():
@@ -5808,7 +5802,7 @@ def text_contents_page(news_chapter_count):
     work_rows = []
     for index, work in enumerate(TEXTS, 1):
         spec = method_specs[work["method"]]
-        phi_title, english_title, tengwar_title = text_contents_title(work)
+        phi_title, english_title = text_contents_title(work)
         href = f"{Path(work['path']).stem}.html"
         work_rows.append(
             f'<li class="text-index-entry text-index-entry-{spec["kind"]}">'
@@ -5822,15 +5816,13 @@ def text_contents_page(news_chapter_count):
             "</div>"
             '<div class="text-index-entry-meta">'
             f'<p class="text-index-entry-method">{html_module.escape(spec["label"])}</p>'
-            f'<div class="text-index-entry-tengwar" aria-hidden="true">'
-            f"{tengwar_title}</div>"
             "</div>"
             f"{text_contents_arrow()}"
             "</a></li>"
         )
 
     news_spec = method_specs[NEWS_WORK["method"]]
-    news_phi, news_english, news_tengwar = text_contents_title(NEWS_WORK)
+    news_phi, news_english = text_contents_title(NEWS_WORK)
     chapter_noun = "chapter" if news_chapter_count == 1 else "chapters"
     book_entry = (
         '<section class="text-index-book" aria-labelledby="text-index-book-heading">'
@@ -5856,8 +5848,6 @@ def text_contents_page(news_chapter_count):
         f'{html_module.escape(news_spec["label"])}</p>'
         f'<p class="text-index-book-progress">{news_chapter_count:02d} '
         f"{chapter_noun} available</p>"
-        f'<div class="text-index-entry-tengwar" aria-hidden="true">'
-        f"{news_tengwar}</div>"
         "</div>"
         f"{text_contents_arrow()}"
         "</a></section>"
diff --git a/site/style.css b/site/style.css
index 225be0b7..5edf3eb0 100644
--- a/site/style.css
+++ b/site/style.css
@@ -2282,20 +2282,6 @@ table.primer-ladder {
 .text-index-entry-original .text-index-entry-method {
   color: var(--sage);
 }
-.text-index-entry-tengwar {
-  color: var(--muted);
-  margin: .65rem 0 0 auto;
-  max-width: 12rem;
-  opacity: .68;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-.text-index-entry-tengwar .teng-svg {
-  display: block;
-  height: 1.65rem !important;
-  margin-left: auto;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  width: auto;
-}
 .text-index-arrow {
   color: var(--muted);
   display: flex;
@@ -4379,13 +4365,6 @@ table.text-ledger {
   }
   .text-index-entry-method,
   .text-index-book-progress { text-align: left; }
-  .text-index-entry-tengwar {
-    flex-basis: 100%;
-    margin-left: 0;
-    margin-top: .3rem;
-    max-width: 12rem;
-  }
-  .text-index-entry-tengwar .teng-svg { margin-left: 0; }
   .text-index-arrow {
     align-self: center;
     grid-column: 3;
@@ -5141,7 +5120,6 @@ table.text-ledger {
     grid-template-columns: 2.5em minmax(0, 1fr) 11em;
   }
   .text-index-arrow { display: none; }
-  .text-index-entry-tengwar .teng-svg { height: 1.35em !important; }
   .text-editorial .text-work-header h1 { font-size: 2.5em; }
   .text-editorial h2.text-method-heading { font-size: 1.75em; }
   .text-editorial h3 { break-after: avoid; }