diff --git a/Classes/Controller/SingleViewController.php b/Classes/Controller/SingleViewController.php
index 054d4732693914cc7c5fc18d47523b45e703a064..c0d3c97411a2ac6cd0f076da8f7f8d823f1d8609 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/SingleViewController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/SingleViewController.php
@@ -100,12 +100,6 @@ class SingleViewController extends AbstractController {
 			HeaderMetaDataService::addOgImageToHeader($newsMetaData['teaserImage']);
 		}
 
-		if ($this->settings['facebookPublisher'] !== '') {
-			$pageRenderer->addHeaderData(
-				'<meta property="article:publisher" content="' . $this->settings['facebookPublisher'] . '" />'
-			);
-		}
-
 		$this->view->assignMultiple(
 			[
 				'newsMetaData' => $newsMetaData,
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.txt b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.txt
index f5fcef5eefcd479d4dc0c7fa17efd02de91621f8..5897e0f02d25e5e61d589a2dfda5c83426cebdb3 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.txt
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ plugin.tx_sgnews {
 
 	settings {
 		siteName =
-		facebookPublisher =
 		rootpageId = 1
 		newsLimitPerPage = {$plugin.tx_sgnews.settings.newsLimitPerPage}
 	}