diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 31390f7d..4afc84da 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ email: mdeluci@purdue.edu
 description: > # the ">" symbol means to ignore newlines until "footer_text:"
   A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
 footer_text: >
-  Powered by <a href="https://jekyllrb.com/" target="_blank">Jekyll</a> with <a href="https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio">al-folio</a> theme.
-  Hosted by <a href="https://pages.github.com/" target="_blank">GitHub Pages</a>.
-  Photos from <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank">Unsplash</a>.
 keywords: Computational Mechanics, Multiphysics Simulation, Biomechanics, Transport phenomena # add your own keywords or leave empty
 lang: en # the language of your site (for example: en, fr, cn, ru, etc.)
 icon: ⚛️ # the emoji used as the favicon (alternatively, provide image name in /assets/img/)