diff --git a/php/public/forms.js b/php/public/forms.js
index ec326b8c..b37fdcdb 100644
--- a/php/public/forms.js
+++ b/php/public/forms.js
@@ -16,21 +16,13 @@
     setTimeout(toast.remove.bind(toast), 10000)
   }
 
-  function handleEvent(e, form) {
+  function handleEvent(e) {
     const xhr = e.target;
     if (xhr.status === 201) {
       window.location.replace(xhr.getResponseHeader('Location'));
     } else if (xhr.status === 422) {
       disableSpinner()
       showError(xhr.response);
-      if (form) {
-        const revealSelector = form.dataset.revealOnError;
-        const revealWhen = form.dataset.revealWhen;
-        if (revealSelector && (!revealWhen || xhr.response.includes(revealWhen))) {
-          const target = document.querySelector(revealSelector);
-          if (target) target.style.display = '';
-        }
-      }
     } else if (xhr.status === 500) {
       showError("Server error. Please check the mastercontainer logs for details. This page will reload after 10s automatically. Then you can check the mastercontainer logs.");
       // Reload after 10s since it is expected that the updated view is shown (e.g. after starting containers)
@@ -58,7 +50,7 @@
         lastError.remove()
       }
       let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-      xhr.addEventListener('load', function(e) { handleEvent(e, form); });
+      xhr.addEventListener('load', handleEvent);
       xhr.addEventListener('error', () => showError("Failed to talk to server."));
       xhr.addEventListener('error', () => disableSpinner());
       xhr.open(form.method, form.getAttribute("action"));
diff --git a/php/templates/includes/desec-register.twig b/php/templates/includes/desec-register.twig
index 4e4d6a08..6a015194 100644
--- a/php/templates/includes/desec-register.twig
+++ b/php/templates/includes/desec-register.twig
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@
         </form>
     {% else %}
         <p>Please enter your email address. You can also enter a desired subdomain slug (the part before <code>.dedyn.io</code>); leave it blank for a random one.</p>
-        <form method="POST" action="api/desec/register" class="xhr" data-reveal-on-error="#desec-password-field" data-reveal-when="already registered at deSEC">
+        <p>If you already have a deSEC account for this email address, enter your deSEC password in the optional password field below to log in with it instead of creating a new account.</p>
+        <form method="POST" action="api/desec/register" class="xhr">
             <input type="hidden" name="{{csrf.keys.name}}" value="{{csrf.name}}">
             <input type="hidden" name="{{csrf.keys.value}}" value="{{csrf.value}}">
             <input type="email" name="desec_email" placeholder="your@email.com" required />
-            <div id="desec-password-field" style="display:none">
-                <p>This email address is already registered at deSEC. Enter your deSEC password below to log in with it instead of creating a new account.</p>
-                <input type="password" name="desec_password" placeholder="deSEC password" autocomplete="current-password" />
-            </div>
+            <input type="password" name="desec_password" placeholder="deSEC password (only if already registered)" autocomplete="current-password" />
             <input type="text" name="desec_slug" placeholder="my-nextcloud (optional)" pattern="[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?" title="Only lowercase letters, digits and hyphens (1–63 characters). No leading or trailing hyphen." />
             <input type="submit" value="Register free domain via deSEC" />
         </form>