diff --git a/docs/api-site-config.md b/docs/api-site-config.md
index 5641fb81d3..e5619476e1 100644
--- a/docs/api-site-config.md
+++ b/docs/api-site-config.md
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ headerLinks: [
 
 `gaTrackingId` - Google Analytics tracking ID to track page views.
 
-`sourceCodeButton` - the type of button to use for pointing to your source code. If this field is non-null, the site will pull in the appropriate button code in the header, for you to be able to render as you see fit. Currently accepted values: `"github"`, `"none"`. Defaults to `"github"`.
-
 `highlight` - [Syntax highlighting](api-doc-markdown.md) options:
 
  - `theme` is the name of the theme used by Highlight.js when highlighting code.
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@ const siteConfig = {
     indexName: "github"
   },
   gaTrackingId: "U-A2352",
-  sourceCodeButton: "github",
   highlight: {
     theme: 'default'
   },
diff --git a/examples/basics/core/Footer.js b/examples/basics/core/Footer.js
index 7143571146..f93eac9502 100644
--- a/examples/basics/core/Footer.js
+++ b/examples/basics/core/Footer.js
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ const React = require("react");
 const githubButton = (
   <a
     className="github-button"
-    href="https://github.com/deltice/test-site"
+    href={this.props.config.repoUrl}
     data-icon="octicon-star"
     data-count-href="/deltice/test-site/stargazers"
-    data-count-api="/repos/deltice/test-site#stargazers_count"
+    data-show-count={true}
     data-count-aria-label="# stargazers on GitHub"
     aria-label="Star this project on GitHub"
   >
diff --git a/examples/basics/siteConfig.js b/examples/basics/siteConfig.js
index b0111fda30..f211d9f282 100644
--- a/examples/basics/siteConfig.js
+++ b/examples/basics/siteConfig.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const users = [
 const siteConfig = {
   title: "Test Site" /* title for your website */,
   tagline: "A website for testing",
-  url: "https://deltice.github.io" /* your github url */,
+  url: "https://deltice.github.io" /* your website url */,
   baseUrl: "/test-site/" /* base url for your project */,
   projectName: "test-site",
   headerLinks: [
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ const siteConfig = {
   highlight: {
     // Highlight.js theme to use for syntax highlighting in code blocks
     theme: "default"
-  }
+  },
+  scripts: [
+    "https://buttons.github.io/buttons.js"
+  ],
+  // You may provide arbitrary config keys to be used as needed by your template.
+  repoUrl: "https://github.com/deltice/test-site",
 };
 
 module.exports = siteConfig;
diff --git a/lib/core/Head.js b/lib/core/Head.js
index c912faacb0..4201e6f790 100644
--- a/lib/core/Head.js
+++ b/lib/core/Head.js
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ class Head extends React.Component {
     links.map(link => {
       if (link.blog) hasBlog = true;
     });
-    const sourceCodeButton = this.props.config.sourceCodeButton;
-    // defaults to GitHub, but other values may be allowed in the future
-    const includeGitHubButton =
-      sourceCodeButton === "github" || sourceCodeButton == null;
 
     const highlightDefaultVersion = '9.12.0';
     const highlightConfig = this.props.config.highlight 
@@ -82,9 +78,6 @@ class Head extends React.Component {
             title={this.props.config.title + " Blog RSS Feed"}
           />
         )}
-        {includeGitHubButton && (
-          <script async defer src="https://buttons.github.io/buttons.js" />
-        )}
         <link
           rel="stylesheet"
           href={`//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/${highlightVersion}/styles/${highlightTheme}.min.css`}
diff --git a/website/core/Footer.js b/website/core/Footer.js
index d3eb673aef..2f403ca156 100644
--- a/website/core/Footer.js
+++ b/website/core/Footer.js
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ class Footer extends React.Component {
               className="github-button"
               href="https://github.com/facebookexperimental/docusaurus"
               data-icon="octicon-star"
-              data-count-href="/facebookexperimental/docusaurus/stargazers"
-              data-count-api="/repos/facebookexperimental/docusaurus#stargazers_count"
-              data-count-aria-label="# stargazers on GitHub"
+              data-show-count="true"
               aria-label="Star this project on GitHub"
             >
               Star
diff --git a/website/siteConfig.js b/website/siteConfig.js
index bd06590acb..84092105b5 100644
--- a/website/siteConfig.js
+++ b/website/siteConfig.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ const siteConfig = {
   headerIcon: "img/docusaurus.svg",
   footerIcon: "img/docusaurus_monochrome.svg",
   favicon: "img/docusaurus.ico",
-  // See https://docusaurus.io/docs/search for more information about Aloglia
   algolia: {
     apiKey: "3eb9507824b8be89e7a199ecaa1a9d2c",
     indexName: "docusaurus"