diff --git a/build.properties.d/00_default.properties b/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
index 62fb07a9281401c98d7ec21290833133ac9a3c7b..99a031cef8e9d9f55a723d8ad325bff710b1217d 100644
--- a/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
+++ b/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ BUILD_FOOTER_CUSTOM_ELEMENT_TWO='<p class="caosdb-footer-element"> <a href="http
 # Files from the `build.properties.files` directory can also be included here
 # These files will also have a second step of variable substitution with
 # ${BUILD_NUMBER}.
-BUILD_FOOTER_CUSTOM_ELEMENT_TWO=
-# BUILD_FOOTER_CUSTOM_ELEMENT_TWO=$(cat footer_element_2.html)
 
 ##############################################################################
 # ext_trigger_crawler_form properties