diff --git a/layouts/_partials/description-or-summary.html b/layouts/_partials/description-or-summary.html
deleted file mode 100644
index be5f6ea..0000000
--- a/layouts/_partials/description-or-summary.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{{ with .Description }}
-    <p>{{ . | markdownify }}</p>
-{{ else }}
-    {{ with .Summary }}
-        {{ . }}
-    {{ end }}
-{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/authors/summary.html b/layouts/authors/summary.html
index f28c98d..c828385 100644
--- a/layouts/authors/summary.html
+++ b/layouts/authors/summary.html
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 
 {{ partial "page-metadata/author.html" . }}
 
-<div class="page-description">
-    {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
-</div>
+{{ with .Summary }}
+    <div class="page-description">
+        {{ . }}
+    </div>
+{{ end }}
 
 <div class="readmore">
     <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ i18n "read_more" }} &rarr;</a>
diff --git a/layouts/section.summary.html b/layouts/section.summary.html
index 6abe069..1e12b72 100644
--- a/layouts/section.summary.html
+++ b/layouts/section.summary.html
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
             {{ .Title | markdownify }}
         </h2>
 
-        <div class="section-description">
-            {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
-        </div>
+        {{ with .Summary }}
+            <div class="section-description">
+                {{ . }}
+            </div>
+        {{ end }}
     </div>
 </a>
diff --git a/layouts/series/summary.html b/layouts/series/summary.html
index 61edc1b..11080e5 100644
--- a/layouts/series/summary.html
+++ b/layouts/series/summary.html
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 
 {{ partial "page-metadata/series.html" . }}
 
-<div class="page-description">
-    {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
-</div>
+{{ with .Summary }}
+    <div class="page-description">
+        {{ . }}
+    </div>
+{{ end }}
 
 <div class="page-list series-inner">
     {{ range .Data.Pages.Reverse }}
diff --git a/layouts/summary.html b/layouts/summary.html
index b690259..5955d66 100644
--- a/layouts/summary.html
+++ b/layouts/summary.html
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 
 {{ partial "feature-figure.html" . }}
 
-<div class="page-description">
-    {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
-</div>
+{{ with .Summary }}
+    <div class="page-description">
+        {{ . }}
+    </div>
+{{ end }}
 
 <div class="readmore">
     <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ i18n "read_more" }} &rarr;</a>
diff --git a/layouts/taxonomy.html b/layouts/taxonomy.html
index b95c4d8..0ce1bd5 100644
--- a/layouts/taxonomy.html
+++ b/layouts/taxonomy.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                             </a>
                             {{ partial "page-metadata/taxonomy.html" . }}
                         </div>
-                        {{ partial "description-or-summary.html" . }}
+                        {{ .Summary }}
                     </article>
                 {{ end }}
             {{ end }}