diff --git a/Gruntfile.coffee b/Gruntfile.coffee
index fc3960e1f..4f0e95fe5 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 
       serve:
         options:
-          config: "_config.yml,_amsf/_config.yml,<%= config.app %>/_data/<%= amsf.theme.current %>.yml,_config.user.yml,_config.dev.yml"
+          config: "_config.yml,_amsf/_config.yml,<%= config.app %>/_data/<%= amsf.theme.current %>.yml,_config.dev.yml"
           drafts: true
           future: true
 
       dist:
         options:
-          config: "_config.yml,_amsf/_config.yml,<%= config.app %>/_data/<%= amsf.theme.current %>.yml,_config.user.yml"
+          config: "_config.yml,_amsf/_config.yml,<%= config.app %>/_data/<%= amsf.theme.current %>.yml"
           dest: "<%= config.dist %><%= config.base %>"
 
     shell:
diff --git a/_config.user.yml b/_config.user.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3900d0524..000000000
--- a/_config.user.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Jekyll user configurations
-#
-
-# Jekyll has a bug that if a config file is empty it stops processing later configs
-# Ref: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/4030
-dummy:          []