diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics/project.json
index edef1766b9..ce6958e40e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics/project.json
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Diagnostics",
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
-  "authors": [
-    "cchen",
-    "sevoroby"
-  ],
   "buildOptions": {
     "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
     "delaySign": true,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/project.json
index 89b1bf7ef0..b44842321e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "garretts", "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/project.json
index 07d802dc23..c613d3283c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "garretts", "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json
index af9655c26e..d1c799ccdc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost/project.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
     "description": "PowerShell Host",
-    "authors": [ "sevoroby", "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext/project.json
index beeeba76f8..ce5a29ff6e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing/project.json
index 26e88e9506..6e3d2ea2c0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.Eventing",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "sevoroby" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts/project.json
index 894ab961d6..f147b9d052 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "OPS" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.PSReadLine/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.PSReadLine/project.json
index 83acdaa7bc..1947e301e5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.PSReadLine/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.PSReadLine/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.PSReadLine",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/project.json b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/project.json
index 8c5cac81d7..f422c7d96d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Security/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "Microsoft.PowerShell.Security",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "garretts", "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/project.json b/src/System.Management.Automation/project.json
index b8db085a8a..7d5ca9f085 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/project.json
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/project.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "System.Management.Automation",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
-    "authors": [ "garretts", "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "../signing/visualstudiopublic.snk",
diff --git a/src/System.Security.SecureString/project.json b/src/System.Security.SecureString/project.json
index fda29d72af..c3ae70ced7 100644
--- a/src/System.Security.SecureString/project.json
+++ b/src/System.Security.SecureString/project.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     "name": "System.Security.SecureString",
     "version": "4.0.0-*",
     "description": "SecureString Stub borrowed from Mono",
-    "authors": [ "garretts" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "keyFile": "key.snk",
diff --git a/src/TypeCatalogGen/project.json b/src/TypeCatalogGen/project.json
index 2ed878846c..00c3200d24 100644
--- a/src/TypeCatalogGen/project.json
+++ b/src/TypeCatalogGen/project.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     "name": "TypeCatalogGen",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
     "description": "Generates CorePsTypeCatalog.cs given powershell.inc",
-    "authors": [ "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "emitEntryPoint": true
diff --git a/src/powershell/project.json b/src/powershell/project.json
index 1c42e5687a..b9efbc23b2 100644
--- a/src/powershell/project.json
+++ b/src/powershell/project.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     "name": "powershell",
     "version": "1.0.0-*",
     "description": ".NET CLI PowerShell app",
-    "authors": [ "andschwa" ],
 
     "buildOptions": {
         "warningsAsErrors": true,