diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-libusb1_3.1.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-libusb1_3.1.0.bb
index a045dfa8bc..3d7765607c 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-libusb1_3.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-libusb1_3.1.0.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "Pure-python wrapper for libusb-1.0"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/vpelletier/python-libusb1"
-AUTHOR = "Vincent Pelletier <plr.vincent@gmail.com>"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-whitenoise_6.6.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-whitenoise_6.6.0.bb
index 352a53769a..2dc64af57f 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-whitenoise_6.6.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-whitenoise_6.6.0.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 SUMMARY = "Radically simplified static file serving for WSGI applications"
-AUTHOR = "David Evans <d@evans.io>"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://whitenoise.evans.io"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=aba4901cc64e401cea5a267eac2a2e1e"