diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac69c3d..0d06315 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SRC_DIR := ./src/cv
 TEMPLATE_DIR := ./src/templates
 
 PANDOC_OPTIONS := --standalone --from markdown+latex_macros
-PANDOC_PDF_OPTIONS := --include-in-header $(TEMPLATE_DIR)/base.tex --template $(TEMPLATE_DIR)/template.tex
+PANDOC_PDF_OPTIONS := --template $(TEMPLATE_DIR)/template.tex
 PANDOC_HTML_OPTIONS := --embed-resources --write html5 --css $(TEMPLATE_DIR)/template.css --template $(TEMPLATE_DIR)/template.html --verbose
 PANDOC_DOCX_OPTIONS := --write docx
 
diff --git a/src/templates/base.tex b/src/templates/base.tex
deleted file mode 100644
index bf9b510..0000000
--- a/src/templates/base.tex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-\usepackage{fancyhdr}
-\pagestyle{fancy}
-\pagenumbering{arabic}
-\chead{}
-\rhead{\thepage}
-\lfoot{}
-\cfoot{\today}
-\rfoot{}
-\thispagestyle{empty}
-\usepackage{float}
-\floatplacement{figure}{H}