diff --git a/app/repositories/globalbrain.ts b/app/repositories/globalbrain.ts
index 4bf1fef4..23ad736f 100644
--- a/app/repositories/globalbrain.ts
+++ b/app/repositories/globalbrain.ts
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ export async function processScoreEvents(
 		}),
 	)
 
-	// Ideally, we would update this table incrementally, but for now we just
-	// delete all rows and reinsert them.
-	await sql`delete from CriticalThread`.execute(trx)
-	await sql`
-			insert into CriticalThread
-			select * from CriticalThreadView
-	`.execute(trx)
-
 	if (!gotExpectedScoreEvent) {
 		console.error(
 			`Expected score event not found: ${voteEvent.voteEventId}, ${voteEvent.postId}`,
diff --git a/app/repositories/ranking.ts b/app/repositories/ranking.ts
index 6352c2d6..63124499 100644
--- a/app/repositories/ranking.ts
+++ b/app/repositories/ranking.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ export async function getCommentTreeState(
 			'FullScore.p as p',
 			'FullScore.oSize as voteCount',
 			'Post.deletedAt as deletedAt',
-			'FullScore.criticalThreadId',
 		])
 		.where('Post.id', 'in', descendantIds.concat([targetPostId]))
 		.where('p', 'is not', null)
@@ -72,29 +71,14 @@ export async function getCommentTreeState(
 		? await getUserVotes(trx, userId, descendantIds.concat([targetPostId]))
 		: undefined
 
-	const criticalCommentIdToTargetId: { [key: number]: number[] } = {}
-	results.forEach(res => {
-		const criticalThreadId = res.criticalThreadId
-		if (criticalThreadId !== null) {
-			const entry = criticalCommentIdToTargetId[criticalThreadId]
-			if (entry !== undefined) {
-				entry.push(res.postId)
-			} else {
-				criticalCommentIdToTargetId[criticalThreadId] = [res.postId]
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
 	let commentTreeState: CommentTreeState = {
 		targetPostId,
-		criticalCommentIdToTargetId,
 		posts: {},
 	}
 
 	await Promise.all(
 		results.map(async result => {
 			commentTreeState.posts[result.postId] = {
-				criticalCommentId: result.criticalThreadId,
 				// We have to use the non-null assertion here because kysely doesn't
 				// return values as non-null type even if we filter nulls with a where
 				// condition. We can, however, be sure that the values are never null.
diff --git a/app/repositories/vote.ts b/app/repositories/vote.ts
index 6aaf1b00..075fbf94 100644
--- a/app/repositories/vote.ts
+++ b/app/repositories/vote.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export async function getUserVotes(
 		.where(eb => eb('id', 'in', postIds))
 		.leftJoin('Vote as VoteOnCriticalReply', join =>
 			join
-				.onRef('VoteOnCriticalReply.postId', '=', 'criticalThreadId')
+				.onRef('VoteOnCriticalReply.postId', '=', 'criticalThreadId') // TODO: what to do here?
 				.onRef('VoteOnCriticalReply.userId', '=', 'Vote.userId'),
 		)
 		.select('Post.id as postId')
diff --git a/app/routes/stats.$postId.tsx b/app/routes/stats.$postId.tsx
index dc7aa990..22da77ac 100644
--- a/app/routes/stats.$postId.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/stats.$postId.tsx
@@ -68,26 +68,6 @@ export default function PostStats() {
 	} ▼   **o**: ${(post.o * 100).toFixed(1)}%
 - **p:** ${(post.p * 100).toFixed(1)}%
 - **score:** ${post.score}
-`
-
-	const topCommentMarkdown =
-		post.criticalThreadId == null
-			? ''
-			: `
-## Critical Comment
-
-- **top reply id:** ${
-					post.criticalThreadId == null
-						? 'null'
-						: `[${post.criticalThreadId}](/stats/${post.criticalThreadId})`
-				}
-- **informed votes:**      ${post.pCount} ▲ ${
-					post.pSize - post.pCount
-				} ▼   **p**: ${(post.p * 100).toFixed(1)}%
-- **uninformed votes:** ${post.qCount} ▲ ${
-					post.qSize - post.qCount
-				} ▼   **q**: ${(post.q * 100).toFixed(1)}%
-- **r**: ${post.r.toFixed(3)}
 `
 
 	// - q = Bayesian Average(upvotes/votes), upvoteProbabilityPrior)
@@ -135,7 +115,7 @@ ${effects
 	return (
 		<div className="markdown">
 			<Markdown deactivateLinks={false}>
-				{overallMarkdown + topCommentMarkdown + effectsMarkdown}
+				{overallMarkdown + effectsMarkdown}
 			</Markdown>
 		</div>
 	)
diff --git a/app/types/api-types.ts b/app/types/api-types.ts
index f4371455..0b03e6a3 100644
--- a/app/types/api-types.ts
+++ b/app/types/api-types.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export type ImmutableReplyTree = {
 }
 
 export type PostState = {
-	criticalCommentId: number | null
 	voteState: VoteState
 	voteCount: number
 	p: number | null
@@ -57,9 +56,6 @@ export type PostState = {
 
 export type CommentTreeState = {
 	targetPostId: number
-	criticalCommentIdToTargetId: {
-		[key: number]: number[]
-	}
 	posts: {
 		[key: number]: PostState
 	}
@@ -101,6 +97,4 @@ export type StatsPost = Post & {
 	qSize: number
 	r: number
 	weight: number
-
-	criticalThreadId: number | null
 }
diff --git a/app/types/kysely-types.ts b/app/types/kysely-types.ts
index 7cf35a4f..6f498182 100644
--- a/app/types/kysely-types.ts
+++ b/app/types/kysely-types.ts
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ export type EffectEvent = Effect & {
 	voteEventTime: number
 }
 
-export type FullScore = Score &
-	Effect & {
-		criticalThreadId: number | null
-	}
+export type FullScore = Score & Effect
 
 export type Lineage = {
 	ancestorId: number
diff --git a/migrations/2024-07-05-remove-critical-thread-table.ts b/migrations/2024-07-05-remove-critical-thread-table.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab2f35cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2024-07-05-remove-critical-thread-table.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { type Kysely, sql } from 'kysely'
+
+export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+	await db.transaction().execute(async trx => {
+		await sql`drop view CriticalThreadView`.execute(trx)
+		await sql`drop table CriticalThread`.execute(trx)
+	})
+}