diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index a467afd1..9b445a2a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Emperor 0.9.51-dev (changes since Emperor 0.9.5 go here)
 * Fix problem where `make_emperor.py` would attempt to parse `Icon?` files when a directory was passed via the `-i` option ([#323](https://github.com/biocore/emperor/issues/323)).
 * Fix bug where Emperor would try to animate trajectories with a single timepoint i.e. a single unique value in the gradient category.
 * Fix bug where the output saved to `--biplot_fp` would list the principal coordinate axes starting at zero instead of one ([#389](https://github.com/biocore/emperor/issues/389)).
+* Remove misleading "QIIME version" from `index.html` ([#447](https://github.com/biocore/emperor/issues/447)).
 
 ### Miscellaneous
 
diff --git a/emperor/format.py b/emperor/format.py
index 0830aaa6..64c3ff86 100644
--- a/emperor/format.py
+++ b/emperor/format.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 from emperor.qiime_backports.filter import (
     sample_ids_from_metadata_description)
 from emperor.qiime_backports.util import MetadataMap
-from emperor.qiime_backports import __version__ as qiime_backports_version
 
 
 class EmperorLogicError(ValueError):
@@ -569,7 +568,6 @@ def format_emperor_autograph(metadata_fp, coords_fp, language='HTML'):
 
     # add library version and SHA-1 if available
     autograph.append('Emperor Version: %s' % get_emperor_library_version())
-    autograph.append('QIIME Version: %s' % qiime_backports_version)
     autograph.append('HostName: %s' % gethostname())
 
     # full path to input files
diff --git a/tests/test_format.py b/tests/test_format.py
index 99eeaaa5..55fa9c91 100644
--- a/tests/test_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_format.py
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ def test_format_emperor_autograph(self):
         self.assertTrue('HostName:' in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command:" in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Emperor Version: " in autograph)
-        self.assertTrue("QIIME Version: " in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command executed on " in autograph)
 
         autograph = format_emperor_autograph('mapping_file.txt',
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ def test_format_emperor_autograph(self):
         self.assertTrue('HostName:' in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command:" in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Emperor Version: " in autograph)
-        self.assertTrue("QIIME Version: " in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command executed on " in autograph)
 
         autograph = format_emperor_autograph('mapping_file.txt',
@@ -368,7 +366,6 @@ def test_format_emperor_autograph(self):
         self.assertTrue('HostName:' in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command:" in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Emperor Version: " in autograph)
-        self.assertTrue("QIIME Version: " in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command executed on " in autograph)
 
         autograph = format_emperor_autograph('mapping_file.txt',
@@ -384,7 +381,6 @@ def test_format_emperor_autograph(self):
         self.assertTrue('HostName:' in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command:" in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Emperor Version: " in autograph)
-        self.assertTrue("QIIME Version: " in autograph)
         self.assertTrue("Command executed on " in autograph)
 
         # haskell and cobol are ... not supported