diff --git a/apis_core/core/templates/base.html b/apis_core/core/templates/base.html
index f3fb72494..df0771fdf 100644
--- a/apis_core/core/templates/base.html
+++ b/apis_core/core/templates/base.html
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@
             href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/leaflet/1.3.4/leaflet.css" />
       <link rel="stylesheet"
             href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.5/css/select2.min.css" />
-      {% include "partials/bootstrap4_css.html" %}
+      <link rel="stylesheet"
+            href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
+            integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N"
+            crossorigin="anonymous">
       <link href="{% static 'css/override_bootstrap.min.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" />
       <link href="{% static 'css/material-symbols.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" />
       <link href="{% static 'css/core.css' %}" rel="stylesheet" />
diff --git a/apis_core/core/templates/partials/bootstrap4_css.html b/apis_core/core/templates/partials/bootstrap4_css.html
deleted file mode 100644
index dcbfcfc9e..000000000
--- a/apis_core/core/templates/partials/bootstrap4_css.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{# the bootstrap 4.6.2 stylesheet, as suggested on https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.6/getting-started/introduction/ #}
-<link rel="stylesheet"
-      href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@4.6.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
-      integrity="sha384-xOolHFLEh07PJGoPkLv1IbcEPTNtaed2xpHsD9ESMhqIYd0nLMwNLD69Npy4HI+N"
-      crossorigin="anonymous">