diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index b2ec095..42d9772 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     {% if page.toc %}
         <script src="{{ site.url }}/bower_components/jquery.toc/jquery.toc.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     {% endif %}
-    <script src="{{ site.url }}/javascripts/gcse.js" type="text/javascript" async></script>
+    <script src="{{ site.url }}/javascripts/gcse.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script src="{{ site.url }}/javascripts/comments.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 </head>
 <body itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog">
diff --git a/_layouts/default_nobreaktables.html b/_layouts/default_nobreaktables.html
index 5e44f0e..0e4b22c 100644
--- a/_layouts/default_nobreaktables.html
+++ b/_layouts/default_nobreaktables.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     {% if page.toc %}
         <script src="{{ site.url }}/bower_components/jquery.toc/jquery.toc.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     {% endif %}
-    <script src="{{ site.url }}/javascripts/gcse.js" type="text/javascript" async></script>
+    <script src="{{ site.url }}/javascripts/gcse.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script src="{{ site.url }}/javascripts/comments.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 </head>
 <body itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog">
