diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index b195691..ef0cd7f 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ keep_files:
 
 # Plug-ins
 plugins:
-  - jekyll-archives
+#  - jekyll-archives
   - jekyll-email-protect
-  - jekyll-feed
+#  - jekyll-feed
   - jekyll-get-json
   - jekyll-imagemagick
   - jekyll-jupyter-notebook
diff --git a/_pages/profiles.md b/_pages/profiles.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d7ca045..0000000
--- a/_pages/profiles.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: profiles
-permalink: /people/
-title: people
-description: members of the lab or group
-nav: true
-nav_order: 7
-
-profiles:
-  # if you want to include more than one profile, just replicate the following block
-  # and create one content file for each profile inside _pages/
-  - align: right
-    image: prof_pic.jpg
-    content: about_einstein.md
-    image_circular: false # crops the image to make it circular
-    more_info: >
-      <p>555 your office number</p>
-      <p>123 your address street</p>
-      <p>Your City, State 12345</p>
-  - align: left
-    image: prof_pic.jpg
-    content: about_einstein.md
-    image_circular: false # crops the image to make it circular
-    more_info: >
-      <p>555 your office number</p>
-      <p>123 your address street</p>
-      <p>Your City, State 12345</p>
----
diff --git a/_pages/teaching.md b/_pages/teaching.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 87bb1a5..0000000
--- a/_pages/teaching.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: page
-permalink: /teaching/
-title: teaching
-description: Materials for courses you taught. Replace this text with your description.
-nav: true
-nav_order: 6
----
-
-For now, this page is assumed to be a static description of your courses. You can convert it to a collection similar to `_projects/` so that you can have a dedicated page for each course.
-
-Organize your courses by years, topics, or universities, however you like!