diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1d8a68f83..ff8f68e14 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-itertools/itertools"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/itertools/"
-authors = ["bluss"]
 readme = "README.md"
 
 description = "Extra iterator adaptors, iterator methods, free functions, and macros."