diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9289e821fa..3fdc5ca2a1 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -279,8 +279,6 @@ modindex_common_prefix = ["django."]
 
 # Appended to every page
 rst_epilog = """
-.. |django-users| replace:: :ref:`django-users <django-users-mailing-list>`
-.. |django-developers| replace:: :ref:`django-developers <django-developers-mailing-list>`
 .. |django-announce| replace:: :ref:`django-announce <django-announce-mailing-list>`
 .. |django-updates| replace:: :ref:`django-updates <django-updates-mailing-list>`
 """  # NOQA