diff --git a/themes/hugo-theme-flat/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/themes/hugo-theme-flat/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 2b1bcaa..f4ef76b 100644
--- a/themes/hugo-theme-flat/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/themes/hugo-theme-flat/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
       <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
       <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
       <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
-      {{ with .Site.Author.email }}<author>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>{{end}}
       <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
       <description>{{ .Content | html }}</description>
     </item>