diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-automl/CONTRIBUTORS b/packages/google-cloud-automl/CONTRIBUTORS
deleted file mode 100644
index e3c3abd3c25..00000000000
--- a/packages/google-cloud-automl/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# The names of individuals who have contributed to this project.
-#
-# Names are formatted as:
-#   name <email>
-#
-Justin Beckwith <justin.beckwith@gmail.com>
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-automl/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-automl/package.json
index cc1d018f97d..91aaac4e596 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-automl/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-automl/package.json
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
     "automl",
     "Cloud AutoML API"
   ],
-  "contributors": [
-    "Justin Beckwith <justin.beckwith@gmail.com>"
-  ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npm run cover",
     "cover": "nyc --reporter=lcov mocha test/*.js && nyc report",