diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index b92b17cd..87f252b5 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ Various bugfixes
 Ullrich Hafner <hafner@bigfoot.de>
 Better detection of gfx libraries, added IconTitleColor/IconTitleBack
 
+Matthew Hawkins <matt@mh.dropbear.id.au>
+former interim project maintainer
+
 Greg Hayes <sdc@choice.net>
 Twisted miniaturization  animation
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 1e896ea0..b5c27789 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 			 	 Dan Pascu
 
-		       	      Matthew Hawkins
-
 				    ]d
 
 
@@ -364,7 +362,6 @@ Authors
 
 Alfredo K. Kojima <kojima@windowmaker.org>
 Dan Pascu <dan@windowmaker.org>
-Matt Hawkins <matt@windowmaker.org>
 ]d <id@windowmaker.org>
 
 Please don't ask us questions before reading the documentation (esp. the