diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4f5b31f..2f304334 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -247,8 +247,6 @@ paige:
   credit:
     data:
       hide: false # Don't credit this project in a data attribute
-    link:
-      hide: false # Don't credit this project in the footer
   date:
     format: ":date_long" # Hugo date format
     source: "published" # Displayed date in single pages; must be "published" or "modified"
@@ -272,7 +270,7 @@ paige:
 
 The assigned values shown are the default values.
 
-If you set `paige.credit.data.hide` or `paige.credit.link.hide`, please credit this project in a post to help others find it.
+If you set `paige.credit.data.hide`, please credit this project in a post to help others find it.
 
 ### Site parameters
 
@@ -831,6 +829,8 @@ Use these CSS selectors to extend the default styling:
     <dd>Applied to the title of unpublished (draft, expired, future) pages in the list and term layouts.</dd>
 </dl>
 
+If you hide `#paige-credit`, please credit this project in a post to help others find it.
+
 ## Design
 
 The HTML author is the page authors.
diff --git a/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html b/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html
index a022137d..437ce333 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/paige/footer.html
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 {{ $page := . }}
 
 {{ $copyright := site.Copyright | markdownify }}
-{{ $credit := $page.Param "paige.credit.link.hide" | not }}
 {{ $first := templates.Exists "partials/paige/footer-first.html" }}
 {{ $last := templates.Exists "partials/paige/footer-last.html" }}
 
-{{ if or $copyright $credit $first $last }}
+{{ if or $copyright $first $last }}
     <footer id="paige-footer">
         {{ if $first }}
             {{ partial "paige/footer-first.html" . }}
         {{ end }}
 
         {{ with $copyright }}
-            <p class="{{ if $credit }} mb-0 {{ end }} text-center text-secondary" id="paige-copyright">{{ . }}</p>
+            <p class="mb-0 text-center text-secondary" id="paige-copyright">{{ . }}</p>
         {{ end }}
 
-        {{ if $credit }}
-            <p class="text-center"><a class="link-secondary text-decoration-none" href="https://github.com/willfaught/paige" id="paige-credit">Paige Theme</a></p>
-        {{ end }}
+        <p class="text-center"><a class="link-secondary text-decoration-none" href="https://github.com/willfaught/paige" id="paige-credit">Paige Theme</a></p>
 
         {{ if $last }}
             {{ partial "paige/footer-last.html" . }}