diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 95da216..1c5571e 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css" type="text/css">
         {% feed_meta %}
     </head>
-    <body class="{{ page.body_classes }}">
+    <body>
         <a href="#content" id="skip-to-content">Skip to content</a>
         <h1>{{ site.header }}</h1>
         <nav>
diff --git a/css/style.sass b/css/style.sass
index 8a9bbf8..adb5c66 100644
--- a/css/style.sass
+++ b/css/style.sass
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ body
     color: #FFFFFF
     background: #111111
     line-height: 1.5em
-
-.body-small
     max-width: 1000px
     margin: 0 auto
 
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a591864..7ef4212 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Home
 permalink: /
-body_classes: body-small
 ---
 
             <ul class="button-list">
