diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
index 2b0298e99e..a1a91157bb 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
@@ -618,7 +618,6 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
             recipe_info['licensing_info'] = 'Not Available'
             recipe_info['homepage'] = event._depgraph['pn'][pn]['homepage']
             recipe_info['bugtracker'] = event._depgraph['pn'][pn]['bugtracker']
-            recipe_info['author'] = 'Not Available'
             recipe_info['file_path'] = file_name
             recipe = self.orm_wrapper.get_update_recipe_object(recipe_info)
             if 'inherits' in event._depgraph['pn'][pn].keys():
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldviewer/templates/recipe.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldviewer/templates/recipe.html
index a62437066d..e9a1c1089d 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldviewer/templates/recipe.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/bldviewer/templates/recipe.html
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
             <td>{{recipe.licensing_info}}</td>
             <td>{{recipe.homepage}}</td>
             <td>{{recipe.bugtracker}}</td>
-            <td>{{recipe.author}}</td>
             <td>{{recipe.file_path}}</td>
             <td>
         <div style="height: 5em; overflow:auto">
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
index f60d138fe9..1e82a65f43 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ class Recipe(models.Model):
     licensing_info = models.TextField(blank=True)
     homepage = models.URLField(blank=True)
     bugtracker = models.URLField(blank=True)
-    author = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
     file_path = models.FilePathField(max_length=255)