diff --git a/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml b/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml
index 53e1194980..8763283e82 100644
--- a/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml
+++ b/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ params:
   sidebar:            # params for the sidebar
     maxentries: 5     # maximum number of articles to display in "Popular" and "Latest" sections
     show:
-      categories: true  # show Category list in the sidebar
+      categories: false  # show Category list in the sidebar
       popular: true     # show the Popular Articles sidebar
       latest: true      # show the Latest Articles sidebar
diff --git a/themes/mytheme/templates/README.html.twig b/themes/mytheme/templates/README.html.twig
index 7c32015f20..4af88d59bd 100644
--- a/themes/mytheme/templates/README.html.twig
+++ b/themes/mytheme/templates/README.html.twig
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@
         <i class="fa fa-tags rightpad"></i>{{ taglist|join(', ') }}
     </div>
     {% endif %}
-    {% if page.taxonomy.category|length > 0 %}
-    {% set categorylist = [] %}
-    {% for category in page.taxonomy.category %}
-        {% set categorylist = categorylist|merge(['<a href="'~base_url~'/categories/'~(category|url_encode)~'">'~category~'</a>']) %}
-    {% endfor %}
-    <div class="cagtegories">
-        <i class="fa fa-tags rightpad"></i>{{ categorylist|join(', ') }}
-    </div>
-    {% endif %}
     {% if theme_var('display_of_git_sync_repo_link') == 'page' and not (grav.uri.param('summaryonly') or grav.uri.param('onlysummary')) %}
         <div>{% include 'partials/git_sync_repo_link_note.html.twig' %}</dic>
     {% endif %}