diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 5d4ec9f..f733092 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <title>{{ .Page.Title }}</title>
     <!------ ADD COMMON HEADERS -------->
     {{- partial "header.html" . -}}
-    {{ template "_internal/opengraph.html" . }}
 
     <!------ ADD PAGE SPECIFIC HEADERS ------->
     {{ block "header" . }} {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index 9b03e5a..9a5d5dd 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     
     <!-- import common headers -->
     {{- partial "header.html" . -}}
-    {{- partial "opengraph.html" . -}}
 
     <!-- import index page specific headers -->
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "/css/sections/home.css" | relURL }}"/>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html b/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 3559eea..0000000
--- a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{{ $title       :=  (index site.Data site.Language.Lang).site.openGraph.title | default site.Title }}
-{{ $type        :=  (index site.Data site.Language.Lang).site.openGraph.type | default "website" }}
-{{ $description :=  (index site.Data site.Language.Lang).site.openGraph.description | default  (index site.Data site.Language.Lang).site.description }}
-{{ $image       :=  (index site.Data site.Language.Lang).site.openGraph.image | default  (index site.Data site.Language.Lang).author.image }}
-{{ $url         :=  (index site.Data site.Language.Lang).site.openGraph.url | default site.BaseURL }}
-
-<!-- ============ open graph tags ========== -->
-<meta property="og:title" content="{{ $title }}"/>
-<meta property="og:type" content="{{ $type }}"/>
-<meta property="og:description" content="{{ $description }}"/>
-<meta property="og:image" content="{{ $image }}">
-<meta property="og:url" content="{{ $url }}">