diff --git a/docs/template.md b/docs/template.md
index 1f775ac..19c1a19 100644
--- a/docs/template.md
+++ b/docs/template.md
@@ -155,15 +155,3 @@ This is very useful when creating menus; Instead of relying on hardcoded values,
 on *the same URI level*, one can create links such as `<a href="{{-uri-2}}meow">(...)</a>`, which will always
 resolve to the same file; This eliminates a whole class of bugs where trailing slashes would break some
 poorly-written relative URLs.
-
-## Set statement
-
-| | |
-| --- | --- |
-| In the template | `{{-set-<name>}}` |
-| In the code | n/a |
-| Notes | Very simple, processed out of order, nesting in conditional statements will not work. |
-
-If `{{-set-<name>}}` exists anywhere within your processed template (including the included templates),
-`array[?<name>]` will get set internally. This can be used to conditionally enable parts of another template
-based on what other templates are loaded.
diff --git a/src/template.sh b/src/template.sh
index f2b7a4b..42270b2 100755
--- a/src/template.sh
+++ b/src/template.sh
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ function render() {
 		buf+="${subtemplate}"
 	fi
 
-	# process special set statements
-	if [[ "$template"$'\n'"$garbage" == *'{{-set-'* ]]; then
-		while read key; do
-			ref["?$key"]=_
-		done <<< "$(grep -Poh '{{-set-\K(.*?)(?=}})' <<< "$template")"
-	fi
-
 	local key
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	for key in ${!ref[@]}; do