diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f2f37de..593bfd7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Work in Progress pull request are also welcome to get feedback early on, or if t
 - [Using Pull Requests](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/)
 - [GitHub Help](https://help.github.com)
 
-## Adding your app 
+## Adding your app
 
 You can add your plugin by adding it as `_apps/your-plugin-name.md`
 
@@ -49,13 +49,6 @@ screenshots:
 - https://somewebsite.com/your-screenshot.png
 author: your-github-handle
 repository: where your code is located (ie behaviorbot/welcome)
-# Choose one or more of the below listed topics that you think describes what your app does
-topics:
-- administration
-- code-review
-- community-management
-- licensing
-- project-management
 
 # All other stats fields you see on the website, will be grabbed as real data, such as organizations, installations, and stars.
 ---
@@ -74,7 +67,7 @@ When considering hosting new plugins here's what we look for, the app:
 - Does something not already done by an existing probot plugin
 - Has minimal tests
 - Has minimal documentation
-- Is open source 
+- Is open source
 - Has a license
 - Has a code of conduct
-- Has someone willing to at least minimally maintain them for the near future
\ No newline at end of file
+- Has someone willing to at least minimally maintain them for the near future
diff --git a/_apps/dco.md b/_apps/dco.md
index 380c0ff..1d83017 100644
--- a/_apps/dco.md
+++ b/_apps/dco.md
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ screenshots:
 stars: 20
 author: bkeepers
 repository: probot/dco
-topics:
-- licensing
 ---
 
 
diff --git a/_apps/request-info.md b/_apps/request-info.md
index 3ad8ebe..bf6f0eb 100644
--- a/_apps/request-info.md
+++ b/_apps/request-info.md
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ screenshots:
 stars: 2
 author: hiimbex
 repository: behaviorbot/request-info
-topics:
-- open source
-- request-more-info
 ---
 
 
diff --git a/_apps/sentiment-bot.md b/_apps/sentiment-bot.md
index ce5da7e..97bf064 100644
--- a/_apps/sentiment-bot.md
+++ b/_apps/sentiment-bot.md
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ screenshots:
 stars: 5
 author: hiimbex
 repository: behaviorbot/sentiment-bot
-topics:
-- community-management
-- administration
 ---
 
 Replies to toxic comments with a maintainer designated reply and a link to the repo's code of conduct. It does so by taking data from a `.github/config.yml`.
diff --git a/_apps/settings.md b/_apps/settings.md
index f3b60e6..434a616 100644
--- a/_apps/settings.md
+++ b/_apps/settings.md
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 title: Settings
 description: Pull Requests for repository settings
 slug: settings
-topics:
-- administration
 stars: 124
 author: bkeepers
 repository: probot/settings
diff --git a/_apps/stale.md b/_apps/stale.md
index a44f7da..fa66bc6 100644
--- a/_apps/stale.md
+++ b/_apps/stale.md
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ slug: stale
 screenshots:
 - https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/173/27765695-4c016050-5e7e-11e7-9016-c2f6d8c27da4.png
 - https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/173/27765705-93f94940-5e7e-11e7-8527-3a91bb64ca70.png
-topics:
-- project-management
 author: bkeepers
 stars: 128
 repository: probot/stale
diff --git a/_apps/update-docs.md b/_apps/update-docs.md
index 1b9dc05..08a2bc3 100644
--- a/_apps/update-docs.md
+++ b/_apps/update-docs.md
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ screenshots:
 stars: 1
 author: hiimbex
 repository: behaviorbot/update-docs
-topics:
-- open source
-- documentation
 ---
 
 
diff --git a/_apps/welcome.md b/_apps/welcome.md
index d61504d..61da8e8 100644
--- a/_apps/welcome.md
+++ b/_apps/welcome.md
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ screenshots:
 stars: 5
 author: hiimbex
 repository: behaviorbot/welcome
-topics:
-- open source
-- welcome
 ---
 
 
diff --git a/_layouts/app.html b/_layouts/app.html
index a2769ea..4d43952 100644
--- a/_layouts/app.html
+++ b/_layouts/app.html
@@ -46,13 +46,6 @@ layout: default
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="flex-column col-3">
-        <h4 class="mb-1 alt-h4 text-gray">Topics</h4>
-        <div class="mb-3">
-          {% for topic in page.topics %}
-            <a class="text-white" class="text-inherit" href="#">#{{ topic }}</a>
-          {% endfor %}
-        </div>
-
         <h4 class="mb-1 alt-h4 text-gray">Updated</h4>
         <p><span class="text-white">June 12, 2017</p>