diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7394b9..8bc7fc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 - Profile image and tagline
 - Syntax highlighting for pre blocks
 - Google Analytics (new Unified Analytics)
-- Google Authorship
 - Supports displaying a custom list of links with icons in the sidebar
 - Global keyword support
 - Fuzzy date display using Javascript
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@
 
 - `GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID`: Your Google Analytics UA-XXXXXXXX-X code (`None` to disable analytics).
 - `GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_PROP`: Your Google Analytics property name (`None` to disable analytics).
-- `GOOGLE_PLUS_URL`: A link to your Google+ profile. Used for the [Google Authorship](http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/authorship/index.html) feature.
 - `USER_LOGO_URL`: The image to display as the profile image. Can be local or a remote URL.
 - `DISQUS_SITENAME`: Set this to enable Disqus comments on articles.
 - `DISQUS_COLLAPSED`: Set to `True` to have article comments hidden by default. Clicking a link on the page will load them.
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 14ec864..6fc27ed 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
   <meta name="author" content="{{ AUTHOR }}">
   <meta name="description" content="{% block description %}Posts by {{ AUTHOR }}{% endblock %}">
 
-  {% if GOOGLE_PLUS_URL %}
-  <link rel="author" href="{{ GOOGLE_PLUS_URL }}?rel=author">
-  {% endif %}
-
   {% if FEED_ALL_ATOM %}
   <link href="{{ FEED_DOMAIN }}/{{ FEED_ALL_ATOM }}" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="{{ SITENAME }} Full Atom Feed" />
   {% endif %}