diff --git a/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
index 02a62663e5..c420f5f84b 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Note that some of these parameters are explained in details in other sections of
   # Javascript and CSS cache are automatically busted when new version of site is generated.
   # Set this to true to disable this behavior (some proxies don't handle well this optimization)
   disableAssetsBusting = false
+  # Set this to true if you want to disable generation for generator version meta tags of hugo and the theme
+  disableGeneratorVersion = false
   # Set this to true to disable copy-to-clipboard button for inline code.
   disableInlineCopyToClipBoard = false
   # A title for shortcuts in menu is set by default. Set this to true to disable it.
diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta.html b/layouts/partials/meta.html
index 67253c0ff2..cffe51cdcd 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta.html
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     {{- $c:=""}}{{/* to avoid that user swiping to the left leaves a gap on the right side, we set minimum-scale, even if not advised to */}}
     <meta name="viewport" content="height=device-height, width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0">
-    {{- $gen := hugo.Generator }}
-    {{- $gen = replaceRE "\\s*/>$" ">" $gen }}
+    {{- if (ne .Site.Params.disableGeneratorVersion true) }}
+        {{- $gen := hugo.Generator }}
+        {{- $gen = replaceRE "\\s*/>$" ">" $gen }}
     {{ $gen | safeHTML }}
-    {{- $ver := partial "version.txt" }}
-    {{- $ver := printf "<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"%s %s\">" "Relearn" $ver }}
+        {{- $ver := partial "version.txt" }}
+        {{- $ver := printf "<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"%s %s\">" "Relearn" $ver }}
     {{ $ver | safeHTML }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- if not (and .Title (or (ne (.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenStem") true) (ne .Site.Params.disableSeoHiddenPages true) ) ) }}
     <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow, noarchive, noimageindex">
     {{- end }}