diff --git a/_pages/404.md b/_pages/404.md
index 9d0f860661232..82ba7c26a9069 100644
--- a/_pages/404.md
+++ b/_pages/404.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 title: "Page Not Found"
-excerpt: "Page not found. Your pixels are in another canvas."
 sitemap: false
 permalink: /404.html
 ---
diff --git a/_pages/about.md b/_pages/about.md
index e7185db641c56..18ec3cc464e21 100644
--- a/_pages/about.md
+++ b/_pages/about.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 permalink: /
 title: "academicpages is a ready-to-fork GitHub Pages template for academic personal websites"
-excerpt: "About me"
 author_profile: true
 redirect_from: 
   - /about/
diff --git a/_pages/non-menu-page.md b/_pages/non-menu-page.md
index d25764410040f..ab7a7543ef131 100644
--- a/_pages/non-menu-page.md
+++ b/_pages/non-menu-page.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 permalink: /non-menu-page/
 title: "Page not in menu"
-excerpt: "This is a page not in th emain menu"
 author_profile: true
 redirect_from: 
   - "/nmp/"