diff --git a/rake/site.rake b/rake/site.rake
index cb329c0e..b771e5d6 100644
--- a/rake/site.rake
+++ b/rake/site.rake
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace :site do
 
   desc "Create a nicely formatted history page for the jekyll site based on the repo history."
   task :history do
-    siteify_file('History.markdown', { :title => "History" })
+    siteify_file('History.markdown', { "title" => "History" })
   end
 
   desc "Copy the Code of Conduct"
diff --git a/site/_docs/history.md b/site/_docs/history.md
index 6ebeec3a..2d7aae77 100644
--- a/site/_docs/history.md
+++ b/site/_docs/history.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-:title: History
 title: 
 layout: docs
 permalink: "/docs/history/"