diff --git a/docs/Scripts/cntools-changelog.md b/docs/Scripts/cntools-changelog.md
index cd1605269..cbb6be611 100644
--- a/docs/Scripts/cntools-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Scripts/cntools-changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ All notable changes to this tool will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [9.0.1] - 2022-01-17
+#### Changed
+- Removing tool credits in offline metadata registry due to "out of protocol".
+
 ## [9.0.0] - 2022-01-10
 #### Changed
 - Due to changes in cardano-node 1.33.x -> for utxo ledger lookup and previous heavy pool-params query, Koios API is now the default option for these lookups.
diff --git a/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.library b/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.library
index 8ea90e4ea..4fc530b4f 100644
--- a/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.library
+++ b/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.library
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CNTOOLS_MAJOR_VERSION=9
 # Minor: Changes and features of minor character that can be applied without breaking existing functionality or workflow
 CNTOOLS_MINOR_VERSION=0
 # Patch: Backwards compatible bug fixes. No additional functionality or major changes
-CNTOOLS_PATCH_VERSION=0
+CNTOOLS_PATCH_VERSION=1
 
 CNTOOLS_VERSION="${CNTOOLS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CNTOOLS_MINOR_VERSION}.${CNTOOLS_PATCH_VERSION}"
 
diff --git a/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.sh b/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.sh
index 177f3acea..3f7d97a0f 100755
--- a/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.sh
+++ b/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/cntools.sh
@@ -4529,11 +4529,6 @@ function main {
                     ! meta_file=$(token-metadata-creator entry ${asset_subject} --finalize 2>&1) && println ERROR "\n${FG_RED}ERROR${NC}: failure during token-metadata-creator finalize:\n${meta_file}" && popd >/dev/null && waitForInput && continue
                     println DEBUG " ${FG_GREEN}OK${NC}!"
                     
-                    # Adding Creator-Credits
-                    tmpJSON=$(cat ${meta_file})
-                    tmpJSON=$(jq ". += {tool: {description: \"CNTools by Guild Operators\", url: \"https://cardano-community.github.io/guild-operators/Scripts/cntools\"} } " <<< ${tmpJSON})
-                    echo -e "${tmpJSON}" > ${meta_file}
-                    
                     # Validating the final metadata registry submission file
                     println DEBUG false "Validating the final metadata registry submission file ..."
                     ! output=$(token-metadata-creator validate ${meta_file} 2>&1) && println ERROR "\n${FG_RED}ERROR${NC}: failure during token-metadata-creator validation:\n${output}" && popd >/dev/null && waitForInput && continue