diff --git a/matlab/reports/@graph/display.m b/matlab/reports/@graph/display.m
index a9875ce28bec774739475067d1ad377d544d4245..e2d1f21be9492691d68226194d2c5ddb81d946f4 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@graph/display.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@graph/display.m
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ disp([name '.ylabel = ']);
 disp(' ');
 disp(['     ''' o.ylabel '''']);
 
-disp(' ');
-disp([name '.footnote = ']);
-disp(' ');
-disp(['     ''' o.footnote '''']);
-
 disp(' ');
 disp([name '.figname = ']);
 disp(' ');
diff --git a/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m b/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m
index 020a8f9e457389e51b80ecf5cfcb2e49d1709000..a92003b12cd067e5b3aea992d920c63c5d7fbe44 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ o.seriesElements = seriesElements();
 o.title = '';
 o.ylabel = '';
 o.xlabel = '';
-o.footnote = '';
 
 o.figname = '';
 o.data = '';
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ end
 
 % Check options provided by user
 assert(ischar(o.title), '@graph.graph: title must be a string');
-assert(ischar(o.footnote), '@graph.graph: footnote must be a string');
 assert(ischar(o.xlabel), '@graph.graph: xlabel file must be a string');
 assert(ischar(o.ylabel), '@graph.graph: ylabel file must be a string');
 assert(ischar(o.figname), '@graph.graph: figname must be a string');
diff --git a/matlab/reports/@table/display.m b/matlab/reports/@table/display.m
index 33ce40b8e97aeb41be5e44730aba337a55334d92..71686e905bd8408b3d57e264432351656811db49 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@table/display.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@table/display.m
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ disp([name '.title = ']);
 disp(' ');
 disp(['     ''' o.title '''']);
 
-disp(' ');
-disp([name '.footnote = ']);
-disp(' ');
-disp(['     ''' o.footnote '''']);
-
 disp(' ');
 disp([name '.showHlines = ']);
 disp(' ');
diff --git a/matlab/reports/@table/table.m b/matlab/reports/@table/table.m
index 428c8ef247f0acc7bebf7255d3fa8aa971924109..55cdde174d3bc8e55b0437048a534c5c0b956438 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@table/table.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@table/table.m
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ o.seriesElements = seriesElements();
 
 o.title = '';
 o.titleSize = 'large';
-o.footnote = '';
 
 o.showHlines = false;
 o.showVlines = false;
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ end
 
 % Check options provided by user
 assert(ischar(o.title), '@table.table: title must be a string');
-assert(ischar(o.footnote), '@table.table: footnote must be a string');
 assert(islogical(o.showHlines), '@table.table: showHlines must be true or false');
 assert(islogical(o.showVlines), '@table.table: showVlines must be true or false');
 assert(isint(o.precision), '@table.table: precision must be an int');