diff --git a/doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html b/doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d8caa4d6c741..0000000000000
--- a/doc/_templates/pandas_footer.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<p class="copyright">
-    &copy {{copyright}} pandas via <a href="https://numfocus.org">NumFOCUS, Inc.</a> Hosted by <a href="https://www.ovhcloud.com">OVHcloud</a>.
-</p>
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index f222a228531ff..c26cde93051fb 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -241,8 +241,14 @@
     switcher_version = ".".join(version.split(".")[:2])
 
 html_theme_options = {
-    "external_links": [],
-    "footer_start": ["pandas_footer", "sphinx-version"],
+    "external_links": [
+        {
+            "url": "https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas",
+            "name": "GitHub",
+        },
+    ],
+    "footer_start": ["copyright"],
+    "footer_end": ["sphinx-version", "theme-version"],
     "github_url": "https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas",
     "analytics": {
         "plausible_analytics_domain": "pandas.pydata.org",