diff --git a/_includes/_masthead.html b/_includes/_masthead.html
index 98a4aa68..f9da0bb4 100644
--- a/_includes/_masthead.html
+++ b/_includes/_masthead.html
@@ -9,21 +9,6 @@ <h1><span>{{ site.title }}</span></h1>
           <a class="button button-primary" href="{{ site.baseurl }}/about/">About</a>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div class="masthead-image">
-        <svg class="masthead-image-path" width="214px" height="217px">
-          <polygon fill="#FE4559"
-            points="0.100965794 125.225045 0.100965794 216.172414 213.283516 91.1197822 213.283516 0.172413793">
-          </polygon>
-        </svg>
-        <div class="masthead-image-position">
-          <svg width="870px" height="690px">
-            <clipPath id="polygon">
-              <polygon points="0 123.444899 0 690.289062 881.435734 189.659081 881.435734 -377.185083"></polygon>
-            </clipPath>
-          </svg>
-          <img class="mask" src="{{ site.baseurl }}/img/assets/masthead-image@2x.jpg" alt="">
-        </div>
-      </div>
     </div>
   </div>
 </section>
diff --git a/_includes/_section-about.html b/_includes/_section-about.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 860381c4..00000000
--- a/_includes/_section-about.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<section id="section-about" class="section-large">
-  <div class="container">
-    <div class="section-header">
-      <h2><span>{{site.data.description.aboutTitle}}</span></h2>
-      <p>{{{site.data.description.aboutDescription}}</p>
-    </div>
-    <div class="section-cta">
-        <a class="button button-primary" href="{{ site.baseurl }}/about/">About Typelevel</a>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</section>
diff --git a/_layouts/home.html b/_layouts/home.html
index 0f9cabca..d31e52c6 100644
--- a/_layouts/home.html
+++ b/_layouts/home.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <body>
       {% include _nav.html %}
       {% include _masthead.html %}
-      {% include _section-about.html %}
       {% include _section-projects.html %}
       {% include _cta-newsletter.html %}
       {% include _section-blog.html %}
diff --git a/_sass/components/_masthead.scss b/_sass/components/_masthead.scss
index c0fcdd51..34f8659b 100644
--- a/_sass/components/_masthead.scss
+++ b/_sass/components/_masthead.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #masthead {
   padding: $masthead-padding 0;
-  min-height: $base-point-grid * 225;
+  min-height: $base-point-grid * 100;
 
   .masthead-inner {
     @include grid;
diff --git a/img/assets/masthead-image@2x.jpg b/img/assets/masthead-image@2x.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index bdaf6e9f..00000000
Binary files a/img/assets/masthead-image@2x.jpg and /dev/null differ
