diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 5868172..42f360c 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 {% capture canonical %}{{ site.url }}{% if site.permalink contains '.html' %}{{ page.url }}{% else %}{{ page.url | remove:'index.html' | strip_slash }}{% endif %}{% endcapture %}
 <link rel="canonical" href="{{ canonical }}">
 <link href="{{ site.url }}/feed.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="{{ site.title }} Feed">
-{% if site.owner.google.plus %}<link rel="author" href="http://plus.google.com/+{{ site.owner.google.plus }}?rel=author">{% endif %}
 
 <!-- http://t.co/dKP3o1e -->
 <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True">