diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3cf1ee3a..cdc19f97 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ Authors@R:
              role = c("aut", "cre"),
              email = "ilia.kosenkov@outlook.com",
              comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5563-7840")),
-      person(given = "Hiroaki",
-             family = "Yutani",
-             role = "aut",
-             email = "yutani.ini@gmail.com",
-             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3385-7233")),
       person(given = "Malcolm",
              family = "Barrett",
              role = "aut",