diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 5facafe95..175403f39 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ external_links_no_referrer = true
 # For example, `...` into `…`, `"quote"` into `“curly”` etc
 smart_punctuation = true
 
+[build]
+not_found = "404.md"
+
 [[taxonomies]]
 name = "categories"
 feed = true
diff --git a/content/404/index.md b/content/404/index.md
deleted file mode 100644
index fcb925338..000000000
--- a/content/404/index.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-title: "404"
-description: ""
-insert_anchor_links: "left"
-template: "404.html"
-
----
-