diff --git a/modern-language-association-8th-edition.csl b/modern-language-association-8th-edition.csl
index ed88df957ac..b0db07e1013 100644
--- a/modern-language-association-8th-edition.csl
+++ b/modern-language-association-8th-edition.csl
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@
     </group>
   </macro>
   <macro name="publisher">
-    <text variable="publisher"/>
+    <choose>
+      <if type="article-magazine article-newspaper article-journal" match="none">
+        <text variable="publisher"/>
+      </if>
+    </choose>
   </macro>
   <macro name="publication-date">
     <choose>
diff --git a/modern-language-association.csl b/modern-language-association.csl
index 87d1e570571..d2efc93209a 100644
--- a/modern-language-association.csl
+++ b/modern-language-association.csl
@@ -194,7 +194,11 @@
     </group>
   </macro>
   <macro name="publisher">
-    <text variable="publisher"/>
+    <choose>
+      <if type="article-magazine article-newspaper article-journal" match="none">
+        <text variable="publisher"/>
+      </if>
+    </choose>
   </macro>
   <macro name="publication-date">
     <choose>