diff --git a/templates/misc.tmpl b/templates/misc.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 5654cab61..000000000
--- a/templates/misc.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<TMPL_IF HTML5><!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
-<TMPL_ELSE><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
- "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-</TMPL_IF>
-<head>
-<TMPL_IF NAME="FORCEBASEURL">
-<base href="<TMPL_VAR FORCEBASEURL>" />
-<TMPL_ELSE>
-<base href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>" />
-</TMPL_IF>
-<TMPL_IF HTML5><meta charset="utf-8" /><TMPL_ELSE><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></TMPL_IF>
-<title><TMPL_VAR TITLE></title>
-<TMPL_IF NAME="FAVICON">
-<link rel="icon" href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL><TMPL_VAR FAVICON>" type="image/x-icon" />
-</TMPL_IF>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>style.css" type="text/css" />
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>local.css" type="text/css" />
-</head>
-<body>
-
-<TMPL_IF HTML5><section class="pageheader"><TMPL_ELSE><div class="pageheader"></TMPL_IF>
-<TMPL_IF HTML5><header class="header"><TMPL_ELSE><div class="header"></TMPL_IF>
-<span>
-<TMPL_VAR INDEXLINK>/
-<span class="title">
-<TMPL_VAR TITLE>
-</span>
-</span>
-<TMPL_IF HTML5></header><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
-<TMPL_IF HTML5></section><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
-
-<TMPL_IF HTML5><section id="content"><TMPL_ELSE><div id="content"></TMPL_IF>
-<TMPL_VAR PAGEBODY>
-<TMPL_IF HTML5></section><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
-
-<TMPL_IF HTML5><footer id="footer" class="pagefooter"><TMPL_ELSE><div id="footer" class="pagefooter"></TMPL_IF>
-<!-- from <TMPL_VAR WIKINAME> -->
-<TMPL_IF HTML5></footer><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
-
-</body>
-</html>
diff --git a/templates/page.tmpl b/templates/page.tmpl
index 8a9911fae..b6c751a3a 100644
--- a/templates/page.tmpl
+++ b/templates/page.tmpl
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 </TMPL_IF>
 <head>
+<TMPL_UNLESS ISPAGE>
+<TMPL_IF NAME="FORCEBASEURL">
+<base href="<TMPL_VAR FORCEBASEURL>" />
+<TMPL_ELSE>
+<TMPL_IF BASEURL>
+<base href="<TMPL_VAR BASEURL>" />
+</TMPL_IF>
+</TMPL_IF>
+</TMPL_UNLESS>
 <TMPL_IF HTML5><meta charset="utf-8" /><TMPL_ELSE><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></TMPL_IF>
 <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="must-revalidate" />
 <title><TMPL_VAR TITLE></title>
@@ -124,6 +133,7 @@
 <TMPL_IF HTML5></section><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
 </TMPL_IF>
 
+<TMPL_IF HAVE_FOOTER>
 <TMPL_IF HTML5><footer id="footer" class="pagefooter"><TMPL_ELSE><div id="footer" class="pagefooter"></TMPL_IF>
 <TMPL_IF HTML5><nav id="pageinfo"><TMPL_ELSE><div id="pageinfo"></TMPL_IF>
 
@@ -177,6 +187,7 @@ Last edited <TMPL_VAR MTIME>
 <TMPL_IF EXTRAFOOTER><TMPL_VAR EXTRAFOOTER></TMPL_IF>
 <!-- from <TMPL_VAR WIKINAME> -->
 <TMPL_IF HTML5></footer><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
+</TMPL_IF>
 
 <TMPL_IF HTML5></article><TMPL_ELSE></div></TMPL_IF>
 
