diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 82e04c8fb85..16b6c207a5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy"
 version = "0.1.56"
-authors = ["The Rust Clippy Developers"]
 description = "A bunch of helpful lints to avoid common pitfalls in Rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml b/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
index 5c6c106e0e6..0fae8c7b9af 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy_dev"
 version = "0.0.1"
-authors = ["The Rust Clippy Developers"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/clippy_dummy/Cargo.toml b/clippy_dummy/Cargo.toml
index 6959de7ffee..a1707bad5c2 100644
--- a/clippy_dummy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_dummy/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy_dummy" # rename to clippy before publishing
 version = "0.0.303"
-authors = ["The Rust Clippy Developers"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "crates-readme.md"
 description = "A bunch of helpful lints to avoid common pitfalls in Rust."
diff --git a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
index 0aa5b297442..a3b92e1faa1 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name = "clippy_lints"
 # begin automatic update
 version = "0.1.56"
 # end automatic update
-authors = ["The Rust Clippy Developers"]
 description = "A bunch of helpful lints to avoid common pitfalls in Rust"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml b/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml
index 8bd859c97ad..c65b2958ec5 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "clippy_utils"
 version = "0.1.56"
-authors = ["The Rust Clippy Developers"]
 edition = "2018"
 publish = false
 
diff --git a/lintcheck/Cargo.toml b/lintcheck/Cargo.toml
index 8db6d28e5ac..8c33fa372ec 100644
--- a/lintcheck/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lintcheck/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lintcheck"
 version = "0.0.1"
-authors = ["The Rust Clippy Developers"]
 description = "tool to monitor impact of changes in Clippys lints on a part of the ecosystem"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/rustc_tools_util/Cargo.toml b/rustc_tools_util/Cargo.toml
index 2972bc6d51c..9554d4d6c00 100644
--- a/rustc_tools_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rustc_tools_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustc_tools_util"
 version = "0.2.0"
-authors = ["The Rust Clippy Developers"]
 description = "small helper to generate version information for git packages"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy"
 readme = "README.md"