diff --git a/site/config.toml b/site/config.toml
index 70982d6560ce6f0f409b091698d2fd83e53277b1..28a660389569507a53a5bac10733ec2a0c86c62c 100644
--- a/site/config.toml
+++ b/site/config.toml
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ weight = 1
 
 [params]
 copyright = "The Kubernetes Authors -- "
-# The latest release of minikube
-latest_release = "1.9.2"
 
 privacy_policy = ""
 
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md
index 763feff9146096b6b7d1e789c38bc7fdf1cea57a..b29f19daaafbbf5cbf1cd49459a53c5f81576f52 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@ This file is used for auto-update notifications, but is not active until release
 
 minikube-bot will send out a PR to update the release checksums at the top of `deploy/minikube/releases.json`. You should merge this PR.
 
-## Update documentation link
-
-Update `latest_release` in `site/config.toml`
-
-example: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/5413
-
 ## Package managers which include minikube
 
 These are downstream packages that are being maintained by others and how to upgrade them to make sure they have the latest versions
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/start/_index.md b/site/content/en/docs/start/_index.md
index e847ca1b348376775c3876bcda4d4c36fe038dd1..71746209e2a04d918aad018459fc35e88010918a 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/start/_index.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/start/_index.md
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ For Linux users, we provide 3 easy download options:
 ### Debian package
 
 ```shell
-curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube_{{< latest >}}-0_amd64.deb
-sudo dpkg -i minikube_{{< latest >}}-0_amd64.deb
+curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube_latest_amd64.deb
+sudo dpkg -i minikube_latest_amd64.deb
 ```
 
 ### RPM package
 
 ```shell
-curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-{{< latest >}}-0.x86_64.rpm
-sudo rpm -ivh minikube-{{< latest >}}-0.x86_64.rpm
+curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-latest.x86_64.rpm
+sudo rpm -ivh minikube-latest.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 
 {{% /tab %}}
diff --git a/site/layouts/shortcodes/latest.html b/site/layouts/shortcodes/latest.html
deleted file mode 100644
index dc746b6c22aef6e23a69e0c8a38367c270560f3d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/site/layouts/shortcodes/latest.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{{ $.Site.Params.latest_release }}
\ No newline at end of file