diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e22e1df8533e086107f2dea2b5f17ce738b2a917..e0276f5f0f5feb2cb20e64657db8e734a6b37618 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ Configuration is divided into three sections: `server`, `auth`, and `ssh`.
 - `tls_cert` : string. Path to the TLS cert.
 - `port` : int. Port to listen on.
 - `cookie_secret`: string. Authentication key for the session cookie.
-- `template_dir`: string. Path to html template directory. At present only 'token.html' is required.
 
 ### auth
 - `provider` : string. Name of the oauth provider. At present the only valid value is "google".
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 8922ff63396a04a7c3d2f307607021f3092ef181..7598f0a909daf7e7861dc50406a3d2bc04601428 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ type Server struct {
 	TLSCert      string `mapstructure:"tls_cert"`
 	Port         int    `mapstructure:"port"`
 	CookieSecret string `mapstructure:"cookie_secret"`
-	TemplateDir  string `mapstructure:"template_dir"`
 }
 
 // Auth holds the configuration specific to the OAuth provider.
diff --git a/server/config/config_test.go b/server/config/config_test.go
index e528e7debf1a09a76cb1eed257cf4a5cd8d4660b..6baf76d2a5f699e5a4b99d3fc75d8f06f390c056 100644
--- a/server/config/config_test.go
+++ b/server/config/config_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ func TestServerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	a.Equal(server.TLSCert, "server.crt")
 	a.Equal(server.Port, 443)
 	a.Equal(server.CookieSecret, "supersecret")
-	a.Equal(server.TemplateDir, "templates")
 }
 
 func TestAuthConfig(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/testdata/config.go b/testdata/config.go
index a64ebd55218d659d8bc37ba17145ca585b42236c..bb2f5111dd88a44ffc89c98ddb8f6b60111d9213 100644
--- a/testdata/config.go
+++ b/testdata/config.go
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ var ServerConfig = []byte(`{
 		"tls_key": "server.key",
 		"tls_cert": "server.crt",
 		"port": 443,
-		"cookie_secret": "supersecret",
-		"template_dir": "templates"
+		"cookie_secret": "supersecret"
 	}
 }`)