diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 006713b..ccdf671 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"{{ with .Title}} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ if or (strings.HasPrefix .Destination  "http") (strings.HasSuffix .Destination "pdf") }} target="_blank" rel="noopener"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}</a>
+<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"{{ with .Title}} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}{{ if or (strings.HasPrefix .Destination  "http") (strings.HasSuffix .Destination "pdf") }} target="_blank" rel="me"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}</a>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/foot_custom.html b/layouts/partials/foot_custom.html
index 3e53c76..8b13789 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/foot_custom.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/foot_custom.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<a rel="me" href="https://sigmoid.social/@aethrvmn"></a>
+
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index 2608f0b..494ce73 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 
       {{ with .Site.Params.footer }}
       <hr/>
-      {{ $footerHTML := . | markdownify }}
-      {{ $footerHTML = replace $footerHTML "<a>" "<a target='_blank'>" }}
-      {{ $footerHTML | safeHTML }}
+      {{ . | markdownify }}
       {{ end }}
     </footer>
   </body>