diff --git a/quartz.layout.ts b/quartz.layout.ts
index d0b35835..adde2679 100644
--- a/quartz.layout.ts
+++ b/quartz.layout.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ export const defaultContentPageLayout: PageLayout = {
     Component.Backlinks(),
     Component.Giscus(),
   ],
-  footer: [
-    Component.Giscus(),
-  ],
 }
 
 // components for pages that display lists of pages  (e.g. tags or folders)
diff --git a/quartz/components/index.ts b/quartz/components/index.ts
index 013e5813..eac52336 100644
--- a/quartz/components/index.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import Content from "./pages/Content"
 import TagContent from "./pages/TagContent"
 import FolderContent from "./pages/FolderContent"
 import NotFound from "./pages/404"
-import Giscus from "./pages/Giscus"
 import ArticleTitle from "./ArticleTitle"
 import Darkmode from "./Darkmode"
 import Head from "./Head"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import DesktopOnly from "./DesktopOnly"
 import MobileOnly from "./MobileOnly"
 import RecentNotes from "./RecentNotes"
 import Breadcrumbs from "./Breadcrumbs"
+import Giscus from "./pages/Giscus"
 
 
 export {