SharePoint 2013 – remove the site logo link

Today a user requested that I remove the link from the site logo that is displayed in the top left of the page.  I didn’t think this was possible until I had a dig through the code of the master page using SharePoint Designer.  I managed to figure it out and here’s how:

1. Run SharePoint Designer 2013 and open the required site

2. Locate the required master file and edit it

3. Locate SharePoint:SPSimpleSiteLink

4. Remove the two lines that open and close the SharePoint:SPSimpleSiteLink tag (in the default seattle.master file these are lines 360 and 362)

5. Save the master page