diff --git a/xdocs/external.xml b/xdocs/external.xml
index 91be7b8b4..a832c130b 100644
--- a/xdocs/external.xml
+++ b/xdocs/external.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 <document>
 
   <properties>
-    <author email="bodewig@apache.org">Stefan Bodewig</author>
     <title>External Tools and Tasks</title>
     <!-- Last link check: 2009-03-06 -->
   </properties>