diff --git a/ci/update-nur-search.sh b/ci/update-nur-search.sh
index 3334463f7..75eba0e29 100755
--- a/ci/update-nur-search.sh
+++ b/ci/update-nur-search.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ nix run '(import ./release.nix {})' -c nur index nur-combined > nur-search/data/
 cd nur-search
 if [[ ! -z "$(git diff --exit-code)" ]]; then
     git add ./data/packages.json
-    git commit "Nur a bot <joerg.nur-bot@thalheim.io>" -m "automatic update package.json"
+    git commit -m "automatic update package.json"
     git pull --rebase origin master
     git push origin master
     nix-shell --run "make clean && make && make publish"
diff --git a/ci/update-nur.sh b/ci/update-nur.sh
index cf582a773..dda8af0a7 100755
--- a/ci/update-nur.sh
+++ b/ci/update-nur.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if [[ -z "$(git diff --exit-code)" ]]; then
   echo "No changes to the output on this push; exiting."
 else
   git add --all repos.json*
-  git commit "Nur a bot <joerg.nur-bot@thalheim.io>" -m "automatic update"
+  git commit -m "automatic update"
   # in case we are getting overtaken by a different job
   git pull --rebase origin master
   git push "https://$API_TOKEN_GITHUB@github.com/nix-community/NUR" HEAD:master
diff --git a/nur/combine.py b/nur/combine.py
index 9a38fdae3..365429ea9 100644
--- a/nur/combine.py
+++ b/nur/combine.py
@@ -42,15 +42,7 @@ def commit_files(files: List[str], message: str) -> None:
     cmd.extend(files)
     subprocess.check_call(cmd)
     if repo_changed():
-        subprocess.check_call(
-            [
-                "git",
-                "commit",
-                "Nur a bot <joerg.nur-bot@thalheim.io>",
-                "-m",
-                message,
-            ]
-        )
+        subprocess.check_call(["git", "commit", "-m", message])
 
 
 def commit_repo(repo: Repo, message: str, path: Path) -> Repo: