diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index e4ecd643..26041424 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -134,9 +134,3 @@ numpydoc_validation_exclude : set
     validation.
     Only has an effect when docstring validation is activated, i.e.
     ``numpydoc_validation_checks`` is not an empty set.
-numpydoc_edit_link : bool
-  .. deprecated:: 0.7.0
-
-  edit your HTML template instead
-
-  Whether to insert an edit link after docstrings.
diff --git a/numpydoc/numpydoc.py b/numpydoc/numpydoc.py
index 773079b9..93a1809b 100644
--- a/numpydoc/numpydoc.py
+++ b/numpydoc/numpydoc.py
@@ -196,16 +196,6 @@ def mangle_docstrings(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
                     logger.warning(msg)
 
 
-    if (app.config.numpydoc_edit_link and hasattr(obj, '__name__') and
-            obj.__name__):
-        if hasattr(obj, '__module__'):
-            v = dict(full_name=f"{obj.__module__}.{obj.__name__}")
-        else:
-            v = dict(full_name=obj.__name__)
-        lines += ['', '.. htmlonly::', '']
-        lines += [f'    {x}' for x in
-                  (app.config.numpydoc_edit_link % v).split("\n")]
-
     # call function to replace reference numbers so that there are no
     # duplicates
     rename_references(app, what, name, obj, options, lines)
@@ -266,7 +256,6 @@ def setup(app, get_doc_object_=get_doc_object):
     app.connect('autodoc-process-signature', mangle_signature)
     app.connect('doctree-read', relabel_references)
     app.connect('doctree-resolved', clean_backrefs)
-    app.add_config_value('numpydoc_edit_link', None, False)
     app.add_config_value('numpydoc_use_plots', None, False)
     app.add_config_value('numpydoc_use_blockquotes', None, False)
     app.add_config_value('numpydoc_show_class_members', True, True)
diff --git a/numpydoc/tests/test_numpydoc.py b/numpydoc/tests/test_numpydoc.py
index 26ff3d28..f319269a 100644
--- a/numpydoc/tests/test_numpydoc.py
+++ b/numpydoc/tests/test_numpydoc.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class MockConfig():
     numpydoc_xref_aliases_complete = deepcopy(DEFAULT_LINKS)
     numpydoc_xref_ignore = set()
     templates_path = []
-    numpydoc_edit_link = False
     numpydoc_citation_re = '[a-z0-9_.-]+'
     numpydoc_attributes_as_param_list = True
     numpydoc_validation_checks = set()