diff --git a/src/BroDoc.cc b/src/BroDoc.cc
index 9eb804432a..e6b01c3c3a 100644
--- a/src/BroDoc.cc
+++ b/src/BroDoc.cc
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ void BroDoc::WriteDocFile() const
 	WriteSectionHeading("Summary", '-');
 	WriteStringList("%s\n", "%s\n\n", summary);
 
-	WriteToDoc(":Author(s): ");
-	WriteStringList("%s, ", "%s\n", authors);
-
 	WriteToDoc(":Imports: ");
 	WriteStringList(":doc:`%s`, ", ":doc:`%s`\n", imports);
 
diff --git a/src/BroDoc.h b/src/BroDoc.h
index 3ed92d9432..de950083ea 100644
--- a/src/BroDoc.h
+++ b/src/BroDoc.h
@@ -83,13 +83,6 @@ public:
 	 */
 	void AddPortAnalysis(const std::string& analyzer, const std::string& ports);
 
-	/**
-	 * Adds a script author.
-	 * The scanner should call this when it sees "## Author: ..."
-	 * @param s The name, email, etc. of the script author.
-	 */
-	void AddAuthor(const std::string& s) { authors.push_back(s); }
-
 	/**
 	 * Schedules documentation of a script option.  An option is
 	 * defined as any variable in the script that is declared 'const'
@@ -168,7 +161,6 @@ protected:
 	std::string source_filename;
 	std::string packet_filter;
 
-	std::list<std::string> authors;
 	std::list<std::string> modules;
 	std::list<std::string> summary;
 	std::list<std::string> imports;
diff --git a/src/scan.l b/src/scan.l
index 53b6afd72a..5b82a92788 100644
--- a/src/scan.l
+++ b/src/scan.l
@@ -146,15 +146,6 @@ ESCSEQ	(\\([^\n]|[0-7]+|x[[:xdigit:]]+))
 		}
 	}
 
-##{OWS}Author:.* {
-	if ( generate_documentation )
-		current_reST_doc->AddAuthor(
-			skip_whitespace(            // Skip whitespace after "Author:"
-			skip_whitespace(yytext + 2) // Skip whitespace after ##
-			+ 7)                        // Skip "Author:"
-		);
-	}
-
 <DOC>##<.* {
 	yylval.str = copy_string(canon_doc_comment(yytext + 3));
 	return TOK_POST_DOC;