diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
index f9f207522c7df..29ebb4699bc17 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.example.ini
+++ b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -2340,7 +2340,6 @@ ROUTER = console
 ;[other]
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-;SHOW_FOOTER_BRANDING = false
 ;; Show version information about Gitea and Go in the footer
 ;SHOW_FOOTER_VERSION = true
 ;; Show template execution time in the footer
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index f26e7eaa085ab..772e0535e91ec 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -1391,7 +1391,6 @@ although Github don't support this form.
 
 ## Other (`other`)
 
-- `SHOW_FOOTER_BRANDING`: **false**: Show Gitea branding in the footer.
 - `SHOW_FOOTER_VERSION`: **true**: Show Gitea and Go version information in the footer.
 - `SHOW_FOOTER_TEMPLATE_LOAD_TIME`: **true**: Show time of template execution in the footer.
 - `ENABLE_SITEMAP`: **true**: Generate sitemap.
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md b/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
index 83e212f32b84a..485d106234698 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/administration/config-cheat-sheet.zh-cn.md
@@ -483,5 +483,4 @@ PROXY_HOSTS = *.github.com
 
 ## Other (`other`)
 
-- `SHOW_FOOTER_BRANDING`: 为真则在页面底部显示Gitea的字样。
 - `SHOW_FOOTER_VERSION`: 为真则在页面底部显示Gitea的版本。
diff --git a/modules/context/context.go b/modules/context/context.go
index 7e986b0119e25..f262c7cce7cbc 100644
--- a/modules/context/context.go
+++ b/modules/context/context.go
@@ -741,8 +741,7 @@ func Contexter(ctx context.Context) func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 			ctx.Data["ShowRegistrationButton"] = setting.Service.ShowRegistrationButton
 			ctx.Data["ShowMilestonesDashboardPage"] = setting.Service.ShowMilestonesDashboardPage
-			ctx.Data["ShowFooterBranding"] = setting.ShowFooterBranding
-			ctx.Data["ShowFooterVersion"] = setting.ShowFooterVersion
+			ctx.Data["ShowFooterVersion"] = setting.Other.ShowFooterVersion
 
 			ctx.Data["EnableSwagger"] = setting.API.EnableSwagger
 			ctx.Data["EnableOpenIDSignIn"] = setting.Service.EnableOpenIDSignIn
diff --git a/modules/context/repo.go b/modules/context/repo.go
index 1736de2e4bad2..6b811054c2313 100644
--- a/modules/context/repo.go
+++ b/modules/context/repo.go
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func RepoAssignment(ctx *Context) (cancel context.CancelFunc) {
 	userName := ctx.Params(":username")
 	repoName := ctx.Params(":reponame")
 	repoName = strings.TrimSuffix(repoName, ".git")
-	if setting.EnableFeed {
+	if setting.Other.EnableFeed {
 		repoName = strings.TrimSuffix(repoName, ".rss")
 		repoName = strings.TrimSuffix(repoName, ".atom")
 	}
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func RepoAssignment(ctx *Context) (cancel context.CancelFunc) {
 	ctx.Data["RepoLink"] = ctx.Repo.RepoLink
 	ctx.Data["RepoRelPath"] = ctx.Repo.Owner.Name + "/" + ctx.Repo.Repository.Name
 
-	if setting.EnableFeed {
+	if setting.Other.EnableFeed {
 		ctx.Data["EnableFeed"] = true
 		ctx.Data["FeedURL"] = ctx.Repo.RepoLink
 	}
diff --git a/modules/setting/other.go b/modules/setting/other.go
index 4fba754a08487..706cb1e3d9b8e 100644
--- a/modules/setting/other.go
+++ b/modules/setting/other.go
@@ -3,20 +3,25 @@
 
 package setting
 
-var (
-	// Other settings
-	ShowFooterBranding         bool
+import "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
+
+type OtherConfig struct {
 	ShowFooterVersion          bool
 	ShowFooterTemplateLoadTime bool
 	EnableFeed                 bool
 	EnableSitemap              bool
-)
+}
+
+var Other = OtherConfig{
+	ShowFooterVersion:          true,
+	ShowFooterTemplateLoadTime: true,
+	EnableSitemap:              true,
+	EnableFeed:                 true,
+}
 
 func loadOtherFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
 	sec := rootCfg.Section("other")
-	ShowFooterBranding = sec.Key("SHOW_FOOTER_BRANDING").MustBool(false)
-	ShowFooterVersion = sec.Key("SHOW_FOOTER_VERSION").MustBool(true)
-	ShowFooterTemplateLoadTime = sec.Key("SHOW_FOOTER_TEMPLATE_LOAD_TIME").MustBool(true)
-	EnableSitemap = sec.Key("ENABLE_SITEMAP").MustBool(true)
-	EnableFeed = sec.Key("ENABLE_FEED").MustBool(true)
+	if err := sec.MapTo(&Other); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Failed to map [other] settings: %v", err)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/templates/base.go b/modules/templates/base.go
index e95ce31cfcab0..4254a569764ee 100644
--- a/modules/templates/base.go
+++ b/modules/templates/base.go
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ func BaseVars() Vars {
 
 		"ShowRegistrationButton":        setting.Service.ShowRegistrationButton,
 		"ShowMilestonesDashboardPage":   setting.Service.ShowMilestonesDashboardPage,
-		"ShowFooterBranding":            setting.ShowFooterBranding,
-		"ShowFooterVersion":             setting.ShowFooterVersion,
+		"ShowFooterVersion":             setting.Other.ShowFooterVersion,
 		"DisableDownloadSourceArchives": setting.Repository.DisableDownloadSourceArchives,
 
 		"EnableSwagger":      setting.API.EnableSwagger,
diff --git a/modules/templates/helper.go b/modules/templates/helper.go
index c5b77989be24e..c82f88a42f2a0 100644
--- a/modules/templates/helper.go
+++ b/modules/templates/helper.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func NewFuncMap() []template.FuncMap {
 			return setting.UI.DefaultShowFullName
 		},
 		"ShowFooterTemplateLoadTime": func() bool {
-			return setting.ShowFooterTemplateLoadTime
+			return setting.Other.ShowFooterTemplateLoadTime
 		},
 		"AllowedReactions": func() []string {
 			return setting.UI.Reactions
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/view.go b/routers/web/repo/view.go
index 5a11073ba9a44..63e534fec0fb6 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/view.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/view.go
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ func checkCitationFile(ctx *context.Context, entry *git.TreeEntry) {
 
 // Home render repository home page
 func Home(ctx *context.Context) {
-	if setting.EnableFeed {
+	if setting.Other.EnableFeed {
 		isFeed, _, showFeedType := feed.GetFeedType(ctx.Params(":reponame"), ctx.Req)
 		if isFeed {
 			feed.ShowRepoFeed(ctx, ctx.Repo.Repository, showFeedType)
diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index fc484eed4cb7c..49ea63b191ecb 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 	}
 
 	sitemapEnabled := func(ctx *context.Context) {
-		if !setting.EnableSitemap {
+		if !setting.Other.EnableSitemap {
 			ctx.Error(http.StatusNotFound)
 			return
 		}
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 	}
 
 	feedEnabled := func(ctx *context.Context) {
-		if !setting.EnableFeed {
+		if !setting.Other.EnableFeed {
 			ctx.Error(http.StatusNotFound)
 			return
 		}
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 			default:
 				context_service.UserAssignmentWeb()(ctx)
 				if !ctx.Written() {
-					ctx.Data["EnableFeed"] = setting.EnableFeed
+					ctx.Data["EnableFeed"] = setting.Other.EnableFeed
 					user.Profile(ctx)
 				}
 			}
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 			m.Get(".rss", feedEnabled, repo.TagsListFeedRSS)
 			m.Get(".atom", feedEnabled, repo.TagsListFeedAtom)
 		}, func(ctx *context.Context) {
-			ctx.Data["EnableFeed"] = setting.EnableFeed
+			ctx.Data["EnableFeed"] = setting.Other.EnableFeed
 		}, repo.MustBeNotEmpty, reqRepoCodeReader, context.RepoRefByType(context.RepoRefTag, true))
 		m.Group("/releases", func() {
 			m.Get("/", repo.Releases)
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 			m.Get(".rss", feedEnabled, repo.ReleasesFeedRSS)
 			m.Get(".atom", feedEnabled, repo.ReleasesFeedAtom)
 		}, func(ctx *context.Context) {
-			ctx.Data["EnableFeed"] = setting.EnableFeed
+			ctx.Data["EnableFeed"] = setting.Other.EnableFeed
 		}, repo.MustBeNotEmpty, reqRepoReleaseReader, context.RepoRefByType(context.RepoRefTag, true))
 		m.Get("/releases/attachments/{uuid}", repo.GetAttachment, repo.MustBeNotEmpty, reqRepoReleaseReader)
 		m.Group("/releases", func() {
diff --git a/templates/base/footer_content.tmpl b/templates/base/footer_content.tmpl
index f282083d65d6c..17c75c6874052 100644
--- a/templates/base/footer_content.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/footer_content.tmpl
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 		{{end}}
 	</div>
 	<div class="ui right links" role="group" aria-label="{{.locale.Tr "aria.footer.links"}}">
-		{{if .ShowFooterBranding}}
-			<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea">{{svg "octicon-mark-github"}}<span class="sr-only">GitHub</span></a>
-		{{end}}
 		<div class="ui dropdown upward language">
 			<span>{{svg "octicon-globe"}} {{.locale.LangName}}</span>
 			<div class="menu language-menu">