diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_head.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_head.html.erb
index 521be26fc38..9eba75d413f 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_head.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_head.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<meta name="author" content="">
 <meta name="generator" content="Discourse <%= Discourse::VERSION::STRING %> - https://github.com/discourse/discourse version <%= Discourse.git_version %>">
 <%- if SiteSetting.site_favicon_url.present? %>
 <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="<%=SiteSetting.site_favicon_url%>">