diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 00204a68fa..b86b6dcc1c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Janie Richling (jrichli@us.ibm.com)
 Michael Barton (mike@weirdlooking.com)
 Mahati Chamarthy (mahati.chamarthy@gmail.com)
 Samuel Merritt (sam@swiftstack.com)
-Alistair Coles (alistairncoles@gmail.com)
 
 Contributors
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