diff --git a/app/models/version.js b/app/models/version.js
index 59964c95be4..c6017ccc4f7 100644
--- a/app/models/version.js
+++ b/app/models/version.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export default class Version extends Model {
 
   @belongsTo('crate', { async: false }) crate;
 
-  @hasMany('users', { async: true }) authors;
   @hasMany('dependency', { async: true }) dependencies;
   @hasMany('version-download', { async: true }) version_downloads;
 
@@ -26,15 +25,6 @@ export default class Version extends Model {
   })
   crateName;
 
-  @alias('loadAuthorsTask.last.value') authorNames;
-
-  @(task(function* () {
-    // trigger the async relationship to load the content
-    let authors = yield this.authors;
-    return authors.meta.names;
-  }).keepLatest())
-  loadAuthorsTask;
-
   @alias('loadDepsTask.last.value.normal') normalDependencies;
   @alias('loadDepsTask.last.value.build') buildDependencies;
   @alias('loadDepsTask.last.value.dev') devDependencies;
diff --git a/app/routes/crate/version.js b/app/routes/crate/version.js
index d4bb64cbfd5..59b258eae57 100644
--- a/app/routes/crate/version.js
+++ b/app/routes/crate/version.js
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ export default class VersionRoute extends Route {
     super.setupController(...arguments);
 
     model.version.loadDepsTask.perform();
-    if (!model.version.authorNames) {
-      model.version.loadAuthorsTask.perform();
-    }
 
     controller.loadReadmeTask.perform().catch(() => {
       // ignored
diff --git a/app/templates/crate/version.hbs b/app/templates/crate/version.hbs
index ec6d4d4b765..c22c5b9eef0 100644
--- a/app/templates/crate/version.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/crate/version.hbs
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@
             {{/each}}
           </ul>
         </div>
-
-        <div>
-          <h3>Authors</h3>
-          <ul>
-            {{#each this.currentVersion.authorNames as |author|}}
-              <li>{{ format-email author }}</li>
-            {{/each}}
-          </ul>
-        </div>
       </div>
 
       <div local-class='bottom'>