diff --git a/recipes-extended/date/date_git.bb b/recipes-extended/date/date_git.bb
index e602fc3..80a00cf 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/date/date_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/date/date_git.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 SUMMARY = "A date and time library based on C++11/14/17."
-AUTHOR = "Howard Hinnant"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/HowardHinnant/date.git"
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
diff --git a/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb b/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb
index 7921416..0672936 100644
--- a/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-gtk/waybar/waybar_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "Wayland bar for Wlroots based compositors"
 DESCRIPTION = "Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors."
-AUTHOR = ""
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues"
 SECTION = "graphics"
diff --git a/recipes-support/grim/grim_git.bb b/recipes-support/grim/grim_git.bb
index 394dad3..d0e4909 100644
--- a/recipes-support/grim/grim_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/grim/grim_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "Image Grabber For Wayland"
 DESCRIPTION = "Grab images from a Wayland compositor. Works great with slurp and with sway"
-AUTHOR = ""
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/emersion/grim"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/emersion/grim/issues"
 SECTION = "graphics"
diff --git a/recipes-support/slurp/slurp_git.bb b/recipes-support/slurp/slurp_git.bb
index dafb5ae..01d8cbf 100644
--- a/recipes-support/slurp/slurp_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/slurp/slurp_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "Region Selector For Wayland"
 DESCRIPTION = "Select a region in a Wayland compositor and print it to the standard output. Works well with grim."
-AUTHOR = ""
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/emersion/slurp"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/emersion/slurp/issues"
 SECTION = "graphics"