diff --git a/sitestatic/archweb.js b/sitestatic/archweb.js
index 0c4059a9..5f6e5e97 100644
--- a/sitestatic/archweb.js
+++ b/sitestatic/archweb.js
@@ -283,12 +283,12 @@ function filter_packages() {
             var cells = $(this).children('td');
 
             /* all this just to get the split version out of the table cell */
-            var ver_a = cells.eq(2).find('span').text().match(pat);
+            var ver_a = cells.eq(2).text().match(pat);
             if (!ver_a) {
                 return true;
             }
 
-            var ver_b = cells.eq(3).find('span').text().match(pat);
+            var ver_b = cells.eq(3).text().match(pat);
             if (!ver_b) {
                 return true;
             }