diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index a31ff07ee..f51a7931d 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
 
     <nav id="links_on_top">
       {%- from 'simple/icons.html' import icon_big -%}
-      {%- block linkto_about -%}
-        <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}" class="link_on_top_about">{{ icon_big('information-circle-outline') }}<span>{{ _('About') }}</span></a>
-      {%- endblock -%}
-      {%- block linkto_donate -%}
-        {%- if donation_url -%}
-        <a href="{{ donation_url }}" class="link_on_top_donate">{{ icon_big('heart-outline') }}<span>{{ _('Donate') }}</span></a>
-        {%- endif -%}
-      {%- endblock -%}
+#      {%- block linkto_about -%}
+#        <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}" class="link_on_top_about">{{ icon_big('information-circle-outline') }}<span>{{ _('About') }}</span></a>
+#      {%- endblock -%}
+#      {%- block linkto_donate -%}
+#        {%- if donation_url -%}
+#        <a href="{{ donation_url }}" class="link_on_top_donate">{{ icon_big('heart-outline') }}<span>{{ _('Donate') }}</span></a>
+#        {%- endif -%}
+#      {%- endblock -%}
       {%- block linkto_preferences -%}
         <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}" class="link_on_top_preferences">{{ icon_big('menu-outline') }}<span>{{ _('Preferences') }}</span></a>
       {%- endblock -%}
@@ -59,23 +59,23 @@
     {% block content %}
     {% endblock %}
   </main>
-  <footer>
-    <p>
-    {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}">searxng</a> - {{ searx_version }} — {{ _('a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine') }}<br/>
-        <a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a>
-        | <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.issue_url') }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a>
-        {% if enable_metrics %}| <a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">{{ _('Engine stats') }}</a>{% endif %}
-        {% if get_setting('brand.public_instances') %}
-        | <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>
-        {% endif %}
-        {% if get_setting('general.privacypolicy_url') %}
-        | <a href="{{ get_setting('general.privacypolicy_url') }}">{{ _('Privacy policy') }}</a>
-        {% endif %}
-        {% if get_setting('general.contact_url') %}
-        | <a href="{{ get_setting('general.contact_url') }}">{{ _('Contact instance maintainer') }}</a>
-        {% endif %}
-    </p>
-  </footer>
+#  <footer>
+#    <p>
+#    {{ _('Powered by') }} <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}">searxng</a> - {{ searx_version }} — {{ _('a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine') }}<br/>
+#        <a href="{{ searx_git_url }}">{{ _('Source code') }}</a>
+#        | <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.issue_url') }}">{{ _('Issue tracker') }}</a>
+#        {% if enable_metrics %}| <a href="{{ url_for('stats') }}">{{ _('Engine stats') }}</a>{% endif %}
+#        {% if get_setting('brand.public_instances') %}
+#        | <a href="{{ get_setting('brand.public_instances') }}">{{ _('Public instances') }}</a>
+#        {% endif %}
+#        {% if get_setting('general.privacypolicy_url') %}
+#        | <a href="{{ get_setting('general.privacypolicy_url') }}">{{ _('Privacy policy') }}</a>
+#        {% endif %}
+#        {% if get_setting('general.contact_url') %}
+#        | <a href="{{ get_setting('general.contact_url') }}">{{ _('Contact instance maintainer') }}</a>
+#        {% endif %}
+#    </p>
+#  </footer>
   <!--[if gte IE 9]>-->
   <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/searxng.min.js') }}"></script>
   <!--<![endif]-->