diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index eb37f65ea..8a74536e7 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ project: spring-data-rest
 # Project github URL
 github_repo_url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-rest
 
-# Project forum URL
-forum: http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data/rest
-
 # If you want to include a custom pom.xml or gradle template set these value to true and add _include files
 custom_pom_template: false
 custom_gradle_template: false
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e05563c59..357172c78 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ badges:
       url:  https://build.springsource.org/browse/SPRINGDATAREST
       icon: ci
 
-    - name: Forum
-      url:  http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data
-      icon: forum
-
     - name: StackOverflow
       url:  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-data-rest
       icon: stackoverflow