diff --git a/assets/sass/_custom.sass b/assets/sass/_custom.sass
index 35c305c..d9fad88 100644
--- a/assets/sass/_custom.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/_custom.sass
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Offset scrolling to compensate for navbar so anchors work correctly
-html, body 
+html, body
     scroll-padding-top: 4.5rem
 
 // Impose a max height on the site logo so it doesn't scale and look bad
@@ -8,18 +8,13 @@ html, body
         img
             max-height: 2rem
 
-.sidebar
-    &_badge
-      max-height: 8rem 
-                
-
 // Magic for collapsing content, borrowed from https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/css-collapsible
 .lbl-toggle
     display: block
     font-size: 125%
     cursor: pointer
     transition: all 0.25s ease-out
-              
+
 .lbl-toggle::before
     content: ' '
     display: inline-block
diff --git a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
index f897008..e44d7ea 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/sidebar.html
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
       <div class="author_bio">
         {{ markdownify $introDescription }}
       </div>
-      <div>
-        <a href="https://vexpert.vmware.com/directory/9430"><img src="https://vexpert.vmware.com/directory/9430/vexpert-badge-year.png" class="sidebar_badge" alt="vExpert Badge" title="vExpert Badge" /></a>
-      </div>
       {{- if ( ne $s.introURL false ) }}
       {{- $r := T "read_more" }}
       <a href='{{ absLangURL (default "about/" $s.introURL) }}' class="button mt-1" role="button" title='{{ $r }}'>{{ $r }}</a>
diff --git a/static/logos/vexpert.png b/static/logos/vexpert.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 25b362e..0000000
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