diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 011311a..89d58a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ verified players perks. It keeps everything in SimpleAdmin's database (`gv_verif
   it to the ranks that should have it in the rank editor), staff give overrides for a day up to a
   year or with no expiry, change them and remove them. Root sets the group and turns verification
   on and off.
-- **Everyone** sees a "Verified" tag on the scoreboard and on player pages, but only while
-  verification is on (enabled, with a group set) and GroupVerify isn't missing from the server's
-  plugin list. The public site never shows why someone is verified, or who gave an override.
+- **The public site** shows nothing about verification. On the staff panel, the Overview
+  scoreboard shows a "Verified" tag only while verification is on (enabled, with a group set) and
+  GroupVerify isn't missing from the server's plugin list.
 - **Clan tag**: Root can set the scoreboard tag verified players without a rank get (GroupVerify's
   `clan_tag`, at most 12 characters). CS2-Tags (1.0.4c-zio6+) applies it, and gives unverified
   players without a rank no tag at all. Blank turns it off.
diff --git a/internal/web/assets/public.js b/internal/web/assets/public.js
index fb41c60..cdd6085 100644
--- a/internal/web/assets/public.js
+++ b/internal/web/assets/public.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async function server() {
         <thead><tr><th>Player</th><th class="num">Kills</th><th class="num">Deaths</th><th class="num hide-sm">Ping</th></tr></thead>
         <tbody>
         ${list.map((p) => `<tr ${p.bot ? "" : `class="clickable" data-player="${esc(p.steamid)}"`}>
-          <td><div class="who"><div><b>${esc(p.name)}</b>${p.verified ? ` ${VERIFIED_TAG}` : ""}${p.bot ? '<span class="sid">Bot</span>' : p.rank ? rankTag(p.rank) : ""}</div></div></td>
+          <td><div class="who"><div><b>${esc(p.name)}</b>${p.bot ? '<span class="sid">Bot</span>' : p.rank ? rankTag(p.rank) : ""}</div></div></td>
           <td class="num">${p.kills}</td>
           <td class="num">${p.deaths}</td>
           <td class="num hide-sm muted">${p.bot ? "" : p.ping}</td>
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ async function openPlayer(sid) {
       <div><h2>${esc(name)}</h2><span class="sid">${esc(p.steamid)} · <a href="${steamProfile(p.steamid)}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steam profile</a></span>${p.rank ? `<div>${rankTag(p.rank)}</div>` : ""}</div>
       <button class="close" type="button" data-close aria-label="Close">×</button>
     </div>
-    ${now.length || p.online || p.verified ? `<section>
-      <div class="chips">${p.verified ? VERIFIED_TAG : ""}${p.online ? '<span class="tag">On the server</span>' : ""}${now.map((h) => `<span class="tag ${h.kind === "ban" ? "red" : "amber"}">${h.kind === "ban" ? "Banned" : COMM_HELP[h.type]}${h.duration ? `, ${fmtLeft(served(h).left)}` : ", permanently"}</span>`).join("")}</div>
+    ${now.length || p.online ? `<section>
+      <div class="chips">${p.online ? '<span class="tag">On the server</span>' : ""}${now.map((h) => `<span class="tag ${h.kind === "ban" ? "red" : "amber"}">${h.kind === "ban" ? "Banned" : COMM_HELP[h.type]}${h.duration ? `, ${fmtLeft(served(h).left)}` : ", permanently"}</span>`).join("")}</div>
     </section>` : ""}
     ${ptDrawer(p.playtime, p.online)}
     <section>
diff --git a/internal/web/public.go b/internal/web/public.go
index 1ec507c..9f59245 100644
--- a/internal/web/public.go
+++ b/internal/web/public.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func toPublic(ps []store.Penalty) []publicPenalty {
 type livePlayer struct {
 	live.Player
 	Rank *rankView `json:"rank,omitempty"`
-	// Verified by GroupVerify, when that's shown at all (see verifyInfo.Shown).
+	// Verified by GroupVerify, when that's shown at all (see verifyInfo.Shown). Staff overview only.
 	Verified bool `json:"verified,omitempty"`
 	// Staff-only fields, left empty on the public page.
 	Tags      []string `json:"tags,omitempty"`
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ func (s *Server) publicServer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		internal(w, r, err)
 		return
 	}
-	view := s.serverView(x, s.poll.Current())
-	s.markVerified(r.Context(), view.Players)
-	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, view)
+	// No Verified tags on the public scoreboard; the staff overview still marks them.
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, s.serverView(x, s.poll.Current()))
 }
 
 // penaltyQuery reads ?status=&q=&page= (and for comms, a type in place of the status).
@@ -290,11 +289,10 @@ func (s *Server) publicPlayer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	_, online := s.poll.Current().Find(steamid)
-	// Only whether they're verified: why, and overrides' expiry and who gave them, are for staff.
-	st, verified := s.verifiedSet(r.Context(), []string{steamid})[steamid]
+	// No verification on the public site: that's on the staff panel.
 	resp := map[string]any{
 		"steamid": steamid, "name": d.Name, "online": online, "rank": s.rankOf(x, steamid),
-		"verified": verified && st.Verified(), "bans": toPublic(bans), "comms": toPublic(comms),
+		"bans": toPublic(bans), "comms": toPublic(comms),
 	}
 	// Signed-in staff get the staff playtime figures here too, as on the staff panel.
 	id, _, err := s.identity(r)