diff --git a/routers/web/repo/code_frequency.go b/routers/web/repo/code_frequency.go
index 04009b4afa..44c07e617e 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/code_frequency.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/code_frequency.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func CodeFrequencyData(ctx *context.Context) {
 			ctx.Status(http.StatusAccepted)
 			return
 		}
-		ctx.ServerError("GetCodeFrequencyData", err)
+		ctx.ServerError("GetContributorStats", err)
 	} else {
 		ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, contributorStats["total"].Weeks)
 	}
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/recent_commits.go b/routers/web/repo/recent_commits.go
index 6154de7377..211b1b2b12 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/recent_commits.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/recent_commits.go
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 package repo
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"forgejo.org/modules/base"
 	"forgejo.org/services/context"
-	contributors_service "forgejo.org/services/repository"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -26,16 +24,3 @@ func RecentCommits(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplRecentCommits)
 }
-
-// RecentCommitsData returns JSON of recent commits data
-func RecentCommitsData(ctx *context.Context) {
-	if contributorStats, err := contributors_service.GetContributorStats(ctx, ctx.Cache, ctx.Repo.Repository, ctx.Repo.CommitID); err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, contributors_service.ErrAwaitGeneration) {
-			ctx.Status(http.StatusAccepted)
-			return
-		}
-		ctx.ServerError("RecentCommitsData", err)
-	} else {
-		ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, contributorStats["total"].Weeks)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index 5f0dfb64d2..58aa5d8766 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ func registerRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 			}, repo.MustBeNotEmpty, context.RequireRepoReaderOr(unit.TypeCode))
 			m.Group("/recent-commits", func() {
 				m.Get("", repo.RecentCommits)
-				m.Get("/data", repo.RecentCommitsData)
+				m.Get("/data", repo.CodeFrequencyData)
 			}, repo.MustBeNotEmpty, context.RequireRepoReaderOr(unit.TypeCode))
 		}, context.RepoRef(), context.RequireRepoReaderOr(unit.TypeCode, unit.TypePullRequests, unit.TypeIssues, unit.TypeReleases))
 
diff --git a/templates/repo/navbar.tmpl b/templates/repo/navbar.tmpl
index b2471dc17e..7536b96c63 100644
--- a/templates/repo/navbar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/navbar.tmpl
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
+{{$canReadCode := $.Permission.CanRead $.UnitTypeCode}}
+
 <div class="ui fluid vertical menu">
 	<a class="{{if .PageIsPulse}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/activity">
 		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.activity.navbar.pulse"}}
 	</a>
-	<a class="{{if .PageIsContributors}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/activity/contributors">
-		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.activity.navbar.contributors"}}
-	</a>
-	<a class="{{if .PageIsCodeFrequency}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/activity/code-frequency">
-		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.activity.navbar.code_frequency"}}
-	</a>
-	<a class="{{if .PageIsRecentCommits}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/activity/recent-commits">
-		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.activity.navbar.recent_commits"}}
-	</a>
+	{{if $canReadCode}}
+		<a class="{{if .PageIsContributors}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/activity/contributors">
+			{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.activity.navbar.contributors"}}
+		</a>
+		<a class="{{if .PageIsCodeFrequency}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/activity/code-frequency">
+			{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.activity.navbar.code_frequency"}}
+		</a>
+		<a class="{{if .PageIsRecentCommits}}active{{end}} item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/activity/recent-commits">
+			{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.activity.navbar.recent_commits"}}
+		</a>
+	{{end}}
 </div>