diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index dc300bef..faf1fa54 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ author:
   name: OpenSource Community
   url: https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng
 
+google_site_verification: "B_ASm3harCQhWZo2naEV8zw-DuQ1NYUEnPZIac-mqy4"
 
 # When using this template with a project (repository) page set the baseurl to '/project-name'
 # For user/organization pages set this to an empty string
diff --git a/_layouts/empty.html b/_layouts/empty.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b82ad83..00000000
--- a/_layouts/empty.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-<!-- layout: compress -->
----
-{{- content -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/site-internal/google6c8a810a356d5c1f.html b/doc/site-internal/google6c8a810a356d5c1f.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 385e9509..00000000
--- a/doc/site-internal/google6c8a810a356d5c1f.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: empty
-title: google-site-verification
-permalink: /google6c8a810a356d5c1f.html
-toc: false
-search: false
----
-google-site-verification: google6c8a810a356d5c1f.html
\ No newline at end of file