diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 901b73c540..379a82f704 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     name="metplus",
     version=version,
     author="METplus",
-    author_email="met_help@ucar.edu",
     description="METplus Wrappers",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",