diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d57ac14..276ab04 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     pass
 
-github_project_url = "https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_core"
-
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ["_templates"]