diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index aa0d7ca..b71fceb 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <footer class="site-footer">
   <div class="container">
-    <small class="pull-left">&copy;{{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} All rights reserved. Graphic banner from https://showyourstripes.info</small>
     <small class="pull-right">by <a rel="me" href="{{ '/about#contact' | prepend: site.baseurl }}">{{ site.author.mastodon.username }}</a></small>
   </div>
 </footer>
diff --git a/_sass/_variables.scss b/_sass/_variables.scss
index 252feb6..f78d338 100644
--- a/_sass/_variables.scss
+++ b/_sass/_variables.scss
@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@ $base-border: 1px solid $base-border-color;
 
 // Background Colors
 $base-background-color: $white-color;
-$stripes-background-image: url('https://showyourstripes.info/stripes/GLOBE---1850-2022-MO.png');
 $secondary-background-color: tint($base-border-color, 80%);
 
 $header-background-color: $pinkorange-color; /* @nicobo header and footer */
-$header-background-image: $stripes-background-image;
+$header-background-image: none;
 $footer-background-color: $header-background-color;
-$footer-background-image: $header-background-image;
+$footer-background-image: none;
 
 $header-logo-color: #fff;
 $header-logo-active-color: $header-logo-color;