diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs/index.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs/index.mustache
index 3f74c63de3b..99ecb80ac1a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs/index.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/htmlDocs/index.mustache
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title>API Reference</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="site.css" media="screen" />
   </head>
   <body>
   <h1>{{{appName}}}</h1>
diff --git a/samples/html/index.html b/samples/html/index.html
index 7ce9ee130e2..1025186dc4b 100644
--- a/samples/html/index.html
+++ b/samples/html/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title>API Reference</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="site.css" media="screen" />
   </head>
   <body>
   <h1>Swagger Petstore</h1>
