diff --git a/mitmproxy/web/static/app.js b/mitmproxy/web/static/app.js
index b939da747..5dd2359b8 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/web/static/app.js
+++ b/mitmproxy/web/static/app.js
@@ -543,9 +543,6 @@ var Router = exports.Router = {
         // For whatever reason, react-router always returns the same object, which makes comparing
         // the current props with nextProps impossible. As a workaround, we just clone the query object.
         return _lodash2.default.clone(this.context.location.query);
-    },
-    getParams: function getParams() {
-        return this.props.routeParams;
     }
 };
 
@@ -3363,12 +3360,12 @@ var MainView = _react2.default.createClass({
         }
     },
     onUpdate: function onUpdate(flow) {
-        if (flow.id === this.getParams().flowId) {
+        if (flow.id === this.props.routeParams.flowId) {
             this.forceUpdate();
         }
     },
     onRemove: function onRemove(flow_id, index) {
-        if (flow_id === this.getParams().flowId) {
+        if (flow_id === this.props.routeParams.flowId) {
             var flow_to_select = this.state.view.list[Math.min(index, this.state.view.list.length - 1)];
             this.selectFlow(flow_to_select);
         }
@@ -3381,7 +3378,7 @@ var MainView = _react2.default.createClass({
     },
     selectFlow: function selectFlow(flow) {
         if (flow) {
-            var tab = this.getParams().detailTab || "request";
+            var tab = this.props.routeParams.detailTab || "request";
             this.updateLocation("/flows/" + flow.id + "/" + tab);
             this.refs.flowTable.scrollIntoView(flow);
         } else {
@@ -3391,14 +3388,14 @@ var MainView = _react2.default.createClass({
     selectFlowRelative: function selectFlowRelative(shift) {
         var flows = this.state.view.list;
         var index;
-        if (!this.getParams().flowId) {
+        if (!this.props.routeParams.flowId) {
             if (shift < 0) {
                 index = flows.length - 1;
             } else {
                 index = 0;
             }
         } else {
-            var currFlowId = this.getParams().flowId;
+            var currFlowId = this.props.routeParams.flowId;
             var i = flows.length;
             while (i--) {
                 if (flows[i].id === currFlowId) {
@@ -3498,7 +3495,7 @@ var MainView = _react2.default.createClass({
         e.preventDefault();
     },
     getSelected: function getSelected() {
-        return this.context.flowStore.get(this.getParams().flowId);
+        return this.context.flowStore.get(this.props.routeParams.flowId);
     },
     render: function render() {
         var selected = this.getSelected();
@@ -3508,7 +3505,7 @@ var MainView = _react2.default.createClass({
             details = [_react2.default.createElement(_common.Splitter, { key: "splitter" }), _react2.default.createElement(_index2.default, {
                 key: "flowDetails",
                 ref: "flowDetails",
-                tab: this.getParams().detailTab,
+                tab: this.props.routeParams.detailTab,
                 flow: selected })];
         } else {
             details = null;
diff --git a/web/src/js/components/common.js b/web/src/js/components/common.js
index 447e6eece..23e0a4347 100644
--- a/web/src/js/components/common.js
+++ b/web/src/js/components/common.js
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ export var Router = {
         // For whatever reason, react-router always returns the same object, which makes comparing
         // the current props with nextProps impossible. As a workaround, we just clone the query object.
         return _.clone(this.context.location.query);
-    },
-    getParams: function() {
-        return this.props.routeParams;
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/web/src/js/components/mainview.js b/web/src/js/components/mainview.js
index cc1f05aea..87c0c4bdc 100644
--- a/web/src/js/components/mainview.js
+++ b/web/src/js/components/mainview.js
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ var MainView = React.createClass({
         }
     },
     onUpdate: function (flow) {
-        if (flow.id === this.getParams().flowId) {
+        if (flow.id === this.props.routeParams.flowId) {
             this.forceUpdate();
         }
     },
     onRemove: function (flow_id, index) {
-        if (flow_id === this.getParams().flowId) {
+        if (flow_id === this.props.routeParams.flowId) {
             var flow_to_select = this.state.view.list[Math.min(index, this.state.view.list.length - 1)];
             this.selectFlow(flow_to_select);
         }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var MainView = React.createClass({
     },
     selectFlow: function (flow) {
         if (flow) {
-            var tab = this.getParams().detailTab || "request";
+            var tab = this.props.routeParams.detailTab || "request";
             this.updateLocation(`/flows/${flow.id}/${tab}`);
             this.refs.flowTable.scrollIntoView(flow);
         } else {
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ var MainView = React.createClass({
     selectFlowRelative: function (shift) {
         var flows = this.state.view.list;
         var index;
-        if (!this.getParams().flowId) {
+        if (!this.props.routeParams.flowId) {
             if (shift < 0) {
                 index = flows.length - 1;
             } else {
                 index = 0;
             }
         } else {
-            var currFlowId = this.getParams().flowId;
+            var currFlowId = this.props.routeParams.flowId;
             var i = flows.length;
             while (i--) {
                 if (flows[i].id === currFlowId) {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ var MainView = React.createClass({
         e.preventDefault();
     },
     getSelected: function () {
-        return this.context.flowStore.get(this.getParams().flowId);
+        return this.context.flowStore.get(this.props.routeParams.flowId);
     },
     render: function () {
         var selected = this.getSelected();
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ var MainView = React.createClass({
                 <FlowView
                     key="flowDetails"
                     ref="flowDetails"
-                    tab={this.getParams().detailTab}
+                    tab={this.props.routeParams.detailTab}
                     flow={selected}/>
             ];
         } else {