diff --git a/themes/v2/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/themes/v2/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 6bf1205..456f42d 100644
--- a/themes/v2/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/themes/v2/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.email in favor of site.Params.author.email */}}
 {{- $authorEmail := "" }}
 {{- with site.Params.author }}
   {{- if reflect.IsMap . }}
@@ -6,14 +5,8 @@
       {{- $authorEmail = . }}
     {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
-{{- else }}
-  {{- with site.Author.email }}
-    {{- $authorEmail = . }}
-    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.email instead." }}
-  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
-{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.name in favor of site.Params.author.name */}}
 {{- $authorName := "" }}
 {{- with site.Params.author }}
   {{- if reflect.IsMap . }}
@@ -23,11 +16,6 @@
   {{- else }}
     {{- $authorName  = . }}
   {{- end }}
-{{- else }}
-  {{- with site.Author.name }}
-    {{- $authorName = . }}
-    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.name instead." }}
-  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- $pctx := . }}
@@ -48,7 +36,7 @@
     <title>{{ if eq .Title .Site.Title }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{ . }} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
     <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
     <description>Recent content {{ if ne .Title .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{ . }} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
-    <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
+    <generator>Hugo</generator>
     <language>{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with $authorEmail }}
     <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</managingEditor>{{ end }}{{ with $authorEmail }}
     <webMaster>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</webMaster>{{ end }}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
@@ -61,7 +49,7 @@
     <item>
       <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
       <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
-      <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
+      <pubDate>{{ .PublishDate.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
       {{- with $authorEmail }}<author>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</author>{{ end }}
       <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
       <description>