diff --git a/httpserver/handlestatic.go b/httpserver/handlestatic.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e6cbfb..0000000
--- a/httpserver/handlestatic.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package httpserver
-
-import (
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-func (s *server) staticHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
-	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		// sadly, the route prefix needs to be reproduced here, so it knows
-		// how to convert the incoming request path to the appropriate
-		// embedded file path
-		http.StripPrefix("/s", http.FileServer(s.staticFiles.HTTPBox())).ServeHTTP(w, r)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/httpserver/routes.go b/httpserver/routes.go
index 9e828ec..2b0d20d 100644
--- a/httpserver/routes.go
+++ b/httpserver/routes.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (s *server) routes() {
 
 	s.router.Get("/", s.handleIndex())
 
-	s.router.Mount("/s", s.staticHandler())
+	s.router.Mount("/s", http.StripPrefix("/s", http.FileServer(s.staticFiles.HTTPBox())))
 
 	s.router.Route("/api/v1", func(r chi.Router) {
 		r.Get("/now", s.handleNow())