diff --git a/emmet-builders/emmet/builders/vasp/task_validator.py b/emmet-builders/emmet/builders/vasp/task_validator.py
index a2ab69b6c7..4effb32b2b 100644
--- a/emmet-builders/emmet/builders/vasp/task_validator.py
+++ b/emmet-builders/emmet/builders/vasp/task_validator.py
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 from emmet.core.vasp.validation import DeprecationMessage, ValidationDoc
 from emmet.builders.settings import EmmetBuildSettings
 
-__author__ = "Shyam Dwaraknath"
-__email__ = "shyamd@lbl.gov"
-
-
 class TaskValidator(MapBuilder):
     def __init__(
         self,