diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b56f027fa86..497d6782b05 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ end
 group :jekyll_plugins do
   gem 'jekyll-paginate', '1.1.0'
   gem 'jekyll-sitemap', '1.4.0'
-  gem 'jekyll-time-to-read', '0.1.2'
   gem 'jekyll-commonmark', '1.3.1'
   gem 'jekyll-toc', '0.17.1'
 end
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index e7a40bdc820..dc5db2220bb 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ commonmark:
 highlighter: none
 
 plugins:
-  - jekyll-time-to-read
   - jekyll-toc
 
 paginate: 10 # Posts per page on the blog index
diff --git a/source/_includes/blog/post/article.html b/source/_includes/blog/post/article.html
index 1673f95218f..e43448aed03 100644
--- a/source/_includes/blog/post/article.html
+++ b/source/_includes/blog/post/article.html
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   <div class="meta clearfix">
     {% include blog/post/date.html %}{{ time }}
     {% include post/author.html %}
-    <span><i class='icon-time'></i> {{ post.content | reading_time_as_s }} reading time</span>
     {% include blog/post/tags.html %}
     {% if page.comments != false and post.comments != false %}
       <a class='comments'