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 [![LICENSE](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-lightgrey.svg)](https://github.com/mmistakes/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/blob/master/LICENSE)
 [![Jekyll](https://img.shields.io/badge/jekyll-%3E%3D%203.6-blue.svg)](https://jekyllrb.com/)
-[![Ruby gem](https://img.shields.io/gem/v/jekyll-theme-basically-basic.svg)](https://rubygems.org/gems/jekyll-theme-basically-basic)
-[![Tip Me via PayPal](https://img.shields.io/badge/PayPal-tip%20me-green.svg?logo=paypal)](https://www.paypal.me/mmistakes)
-[![Donate to this project using Buy Me A Coffee](https://img.shields.io/badge/buy%20me%20a%20coffee-donate-yellow.svg)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mmistakes)
 
 Basically Basic is a [Jekyll theme](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/) meant as 
 a substitute for the default [Minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima), with a 
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 - Disqus Comments and Google Analytics support
 - SEO best practices via [Jekyll SEO Tag](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-seo-tag/)
 
-**If you enjoy this theme, please consider sponsoring:**
-
-[!["Buy Me A Coffee"](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1376749/120938564-50c59780-c6e1-11eb-814f-22a0399623c5.png)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mmistakes)
- [![Support via PayPal](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twolfson/paypal-github-button@1.0.0/dist/button.svg)](https://www.paypal.me/mmistakes)
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 [![Basically Basic live preview][2]][1]
 
 [1]: https://mmistakes.github.io/jekyll-theme-basically-basic/