diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index d4fa5d4..269096f 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -20,14 +20,6 @@
           <h1>{{ site.title | default: site.github.repository_name }}</h1>
         </a>
         <h2>{{ site.description | default: site.github.project_tagline }}</h2>
-
-        <section id="downloads">
-          {% if site.show_downloads %}
-            <a href="{{ site.github.zip_url }}" class="btn">Download as .zip</a>
-            <a href="{{ site.github.tar_url }}" class="btn">Download as .tar.gz</a>
-          {% endif %}
-          <a href="{{ site.github.repository_url }}" class="btn btn-github" target="_blank"><span class="icon"></span>View on GitHub</a>
-        </section>
       </div>
     </header>