diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 45b1dcc..9577d43 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -10,38 +10,6 @@ message: "If you use this Book, please cite it using these metadata."
 title: "Source files TeachBooks Template" #replace with your own title when you use this template
 preferred-citation:
   type: book
-  authors: #replace with your own name(s) if you use this template
-  - email: info@teachbooks.io
-    name: "TeachBooks Development Team"
-    website: "https://teachbooks.io/"
-  - given-names: Tom
-    name-particle: van
-    family-names: Woudenberg
-    email: t.r.van.woudenberg@tudelft.nl
-    affiliation: TeachBooks
-    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9536-061X'
-  - given-names: Robert
-    family-names: Lanzafame
-    email: r.c.lanzafame@tudelft.nl
-    affiliation: TeachBooks
-    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1958-9049'
-  - given-names: Julie
-    family-names: Kirsch
-    affiliation: Delft University of Technology
-  - given-names: Katia
-    family-names: Gatt
-    affiliation: Delft University of Technology
-  - given-names: Alex
-    family-names: Baudoin
-    affiliation: Delft University of Technology
-  - given-names: Isabel
-    family-names: Slingerland
-    affiliation: Delft University of Technology
-  - given-names: Dennis
-    family-names: den Ouden-van der Horst
-    email: D.denOuden-vanderHorst@tudelft.nl
-    affiliation: TeachBooks
-    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2627-8169'
   url: 'https://teachbooks.github.io/template/' # replace with your own URL (book website / publisher link) when you use this template
   identifiers:
     - type: url