diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65ef509..17cc36a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -640,9 +640,9 @@ Version 3, in PNG:
 ```
 
 Open Source? Yes!
-[[Open Source? Yes!](https://badgen.net/badge/Open%20Source%20%3F/Yes%21/blue?icon=github)](https://github.com/Naereen/badges/)
+[![Open Source? Yes!](https://badgen.net/badge/Open%20Source%20%3F/Yes%21/blue?icon=github)](https://github.com/Naereen/badges/)
 ```markdown
-[[Open Source? Yes!](https://badgen.net/badge/Open%20Source%20%3F/Yes%21/blue?icon=github)](https://github.com/Naereen/badges/)
+[![Open Source? Yes!](https://badgen.net/badge/Open%20Source%20%3F/Yes%21/blue?icon=github)](https://github.com/Naereen/badges/)
 ```
 
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@@ -802,7 +802,6 @@ A nice badge to give a link to [saythanks.io/to/kennethreitz](https://saythanks.
 © [Lilian Besson](https://GitHub.com/Naereen), 2016-18.
 
 [![Awesome Badges](https://img.shields.io/badge/badges-awesome-green.svg)](https://github.com/Naereen/badges)
-[![BADGINATOR](https://badginator.herokuapp.com/Naereen/badges.svg)](https://github.com/defunctzombie/badginator)
 [![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintained%3F-yes-green.svg)](https://GitHub.com/Naereen/badges/graphs/commit-activity)
 [![Ask Me Anything !](https://img.shields.io/badge/Ask%20me-anything-1abc9c.svg)](https://GitHub.com/Naereen/ama)
 [![Analytics](https://ga-beacon.appspot.com/UA-38514290-17/github.com/Naereen/badges/README.md?pixel)](https://GitHub.com/Naereen/badges/)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e9fc0c5..99e0848 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ License ? |GitHub license badges|
 `MIT Licensed <https://lbesson.mit-license.org/>`__ (file `LICENSE <LICENSE>`__).
 © `Lilian Besson <https://GitHub.com/Naereen>`__, 2016-18.
 
-|Awesome Badges| |BADGINATOR| |Maintenance| |Ask Me Anything !| |Analytics badges| |Open Source Love svg3|
+|Awesome Badges| |Maintenance| |Ask Me Anything !| |Analytics badges| |Open Source Love svg3|
 
 |ForTheBadge built-with-swag|
 
@@ -1487,8 +1487,6 @@ License ? |GitHub license badges|
     :target: https://github.com/Naereen/badges/
 .. |Awesome Badges| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/badges-awesome-green.svg
     :target: https://github.com/Naereen/badges
-.. |BADGINATOR| image:: https://badginator.herokuapp.com/Naereen/badges.svg
-    :target: https://github.com/defunctzombie/badginator
 .. |DOI| image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_15.svg
     :target: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_15
 .. |say thanks| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/say-thanks-ff69b4.svg