diff --git a/app/client/components/GristDoc.ts b/app/client/components/GristDoc.ts
index c56b8768..a1d0d7b4 100644
--- a/app/client/components/GristDoc.ts
+++ b/app/client/components/GristDoc.ts
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ export class GristDoc extends DisposableWithEvents {
       dom.domComputed<IDocPage>(this.activeViewId, (viewId) => (
         viewId === 'code' ? dom.create((owner) => owner.autoDispose(CodeEditorPanel.create(this))) :
         viewId === 'acl' ? dom.create((owner) => owner.autoDispose(AccessRules.create(this, this))) :
-        viewId === 'new' || viewId == 'GristDocTour' ? null :
+        viewId === 'GristDocTour' ? null :
         dom.create((owner) => (this._viewLayout = ViewLayout.create(owner, this, viewId)))
       )),
     );
diff --git a/app/common/gristUrls.ts b/app/common/gristUrls.ts
index 70421d04..ff37d856 100644
--- a/app/common/gristUrls.ts
+++ b/app/common/gristUrls.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {Document} from 'app/common/UserAPI';
 import clone = require('lodash/clone');
 import pickBy = require('lodash/pickBy');
 
-export type IDocPage = number | 'new' | 'code' | 'acl' | 'GristDocTour';
+export type IDocPage = number | 'code' | 'acl' | 'GristDocTour';
 
 // What page to show in the user's home area. Defaults to 'workspace' if a workspace is set, and
 // to 'all' otherwise.
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ export function userOverrideParams(email: string|null, extraState?: IGristUrlSta
  * parseDocPage is a noop if p is 'new' or 'code', otherwise parse to integer
  */
 function parseDocPage(p: string) {
-  if (['new', 'code', 'acl', 'GristDocTour'].includes(p)) {
-    return p as 'new'|'code'|'acl'|'GristDocTour';
+  if (['code', 'acl', 'GristDocTour'].includes(p)) {
+    return p as 'code'|'acl'|'GristDocTour';
   }
   return parseInt(p, 10);
 }