diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5d0764..29d0524 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@
   ```go
   {{< image src="/img/hello.png" alt="Hello Friend" position="center" style="border-radius: 8px;" >}}
   ```
-- **`figure`** (same as `image`, plus few optional props: **`caption`**, **`captionPosition`** (left | **center** is default | right), **`captionStyle`**)
-  - e.g.
-  ```go
-  {{< figure src="/img/hello.png" alt="Hello Friend" position="center" style="border-radius: 8px;" caption="Hello Friend!" captionPosition="right" captionStyle="color: red;" >}}
-  ```
 - **`code`** (props required: **`language`**; props optional: **`title`**, **`open`**)
   - e.g.
   ```go
diff --git a/assets/css/main.css b/assets/css/main.css
index 09aab02..2454fae 100644
--- a/assets/css/main.css
+++ b/assets/css/main.css
@@ -241,19 +241,12 @@ figure figcaption {
   font-size: 1rem;
   font-weight: normal;
   margin-top: -8px;
+  padding: 0 8px;
   border-radius: 0 0 var(--radius) var(--radius);
 }
 
-figure figcaption.left {
-  text-align: left;
-}
-
-figure figcaption.center {
-  text-align: center;
-}
-
-figure figcaption.right {
-  text-align: right;
+figure figcaption p:first-child {
+  margin-top: 0;
 }
 
 ul,
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html b/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 6642c82..0000000
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{{ if .Get "src" }}
-  <figure class="{{ with .Get "position"}}{{ . }}{{ else -}} left {{- end }}" >
-    <img src="{{ .Get "src" | safeURL }}" {{ with .Get "alt" }} alt="{{ . | plainify }}" {{ end }} {{ with .Get "style" }} style="{{ . | safeCSS }}" {{ end }} />
-    {{ if .Get "caption" }}
-      <figcaption class="{{ with .Get "captionPosition"}}{{ . }}{{ else -}} center {{- end }}" {{ with .Get "captionStyle" }} style="{{ . | safeCSS }}" {{ end }}>{{ .Get "caption" | safeHTML }}</figcaption>
-    {{ end }}
-  </figure>
-{{ end }}