diff --git a/page.go b/page.go
index d631b96..37ffb1d 100644
--- a/page.go
+++ b/page.go
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ func (p *Page) process(cfg *Site, task *Task) error {
 		// Create index
 		if p.index {
 			tmpl, ok := cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.FilePath, "index"+task.TemplateExt)
-			if !ok {
-				// Try the base template
-				tmpl, ok = cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.FilePath, "base"+task.TemplateExt)
-			}
 			if ok {
 				var b strings.Builder
 				if err := tmpl.Execute(&b, p); err != nil {
@@ -211,10 +207,6 @@ func (p *Page) process(cfg *Site, task *Task) error {
 		for i := range p.Pages {
 			var b strings.Builder
 			tmpl, ok := cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.FilePath, "page"+task.TemplateExt)
-			if !ok {
-				// Try the base template
-				tmpl, ok = cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.FilePath, "base"+task.TemplateExt)
-			}
 			if ok {
 				if err := tmpl.Execute(&b, p.Pages[i]); err != nil {
 					return err