diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index 035de289c..2953aab0a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
             {{ if .Site.Author.name }}
                 <span><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Author.name }}</a></span>
             {{ end }}
-            <span>{{ .Site.Copyright| safeHTML }}</span>
+            {{ if .Site.Copyright }}
+                <span>{{ .Site.Copyright| safeHTML }}</span>
+            {{ end }}
             <span>{{- with (not (in (.Site.Language.Get "disableKinds") "RSS")) }} <a href="{{ "posts/index.xml" | absLangURL }}" target="_blank" title="rss"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="feather feather-rss"><path d="M4 11a9 9 0 0 1 9 9"></path><path d="M4 4a16 16 0 0 1 16 16"></path><circle cx="5" cy="19" r="1"></circle></svg></a>{{ end }}</span>
         </div>
     </div>