diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
index 4ad6e7a78b1..861acf08be6 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@ use crate::util::errors::{CargoResult, CargoResultExt};
 use crate::util::{existing_vcs_repo, FossilRepo, GitRepo, HgRepo, PijulRepo};
 use crate::util::{restricted_names, Config};
 use cargo_util::paths;
-use git2::Config as GitConfig;
-use git2::Repository as GitRepository;
 use serde::de;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::env;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, ErrorKind};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -129,8 +126,6 @@ impl NewOptions {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct CargoNewConfig {
-    name: Option<String>,
-    email: Option<String>,
     #[serde(rename = "vcs")]
     version_control: Option<VersionControl>,
 }
@@ -666,32 +661,6 @@ fn mk(config: &Config, opts: &MkOptions<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
     init_vcs(path, vcs, config)?;
     write_ignore_file(path, &ignore, vcs)?;
 
-    let (discovered_name, discovered_email) = discover_author(path);
-
-    // "Name <email>" or "Name" or "<email>" or None if neither name nor email is obtained
-    // cfg takes priority over the discovered ones
-    let author_name = cfg.name.or(discovered_name);
-    let author_email = cfg.email.or(discovered_email);
-
-    let author = match (author_name, author_email) {
-        (Some(name), Some(email)) => {
-            if email.is_empty() {
-                Some(name)
-            } else {
-                Some(format!("{} <{}>", name, email))
-            }
-        }
-        (Some(name), None) => Some(name),
-        (None, Some(email)) => {
-            if email.is_empty() {
-                None
-            } else {
-                Some(format!("<{}>", email))
-            }
-        }
-        (None, None) => None,
-    };
-
     let mut cargotoml_path_specifier = String::new();
 
     // Calculate what `[lib]` and `[[bin]]`s we need to append to `Cargo.toml`.
@@ -730,7 +699,6 @@ path = {}
             r#"[package]
 name = "{}"
 version = "0.1.0"
-authors = [{}]
 edition = {}
 {}
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
@@ -738,10 +706,6 @@ edition = {}
 [dependencies]
 {}"#,
             name,
-            match author {
-                Some(value) => format!("{}", toml::Value::String(value)),
-                None => format!(""),
-            },
             match opts.edition {
                 Some(edition) => toml::Value::String(edition.to_string()),
                 None => toml::Value::String(Edition::LATEST_STABLE.to_string()),
@@ -811,76 +775,3 @@ mod tests {
 
     Ok(())
 }
-
-fn get_environment_variable(variables: &[&str]) -> Option<String> {
-    variables.iter().filter_map(|var| env::var(var).ok()).next()
-}
-
-fn discover_author(path: &Path) -> (Option<String>, Option<String>) {
-    let git_config = find_git_config(path);
-    let git_config = git_config.as_ref();
-
-    let name_variables = [
-        "CARGO_NAME",
-        "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME",
-        "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME",
-        "USER",
-        "USERNAME",
-        "NAME",
-    ];
-    let name = get_environment_variable(&name_variables[0..3])
-        .or_else(|| git_config.and_then(|g| g.get_string("user.name").ok()))
-        .or_else(|| get_environment_variable(&name_variables[3..]));
-
-    let name = name.map(|namestr| namestr.trim().to_string());
-
-    let email_variables = [
-        "CARGO_EMAIL",
-        "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL",
-        "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL",
-        "EMAIL",
-    ];
-    let email = get_environment_variable(&email_variables[0..3])
-        .or_else(|| git_config.and_then(|g| g.get_string("user.email").ok()))
-        .or_else(|| get_environment_variable(&email_variables[3..]));
-
-    let email = email.map(|s| {
-        let mut s = s.trim();
-
-        // In some cases emails will already have <> remove them since they
-        // are already added when needed.
-        if s.starts_with('<') && s.ends_with('>') {
-            s = &s[1..s.len() - 1];
-        }
-
-        s.to_string()
-    });
-
-    (name, email)
-}
-
-fn find_git_config(path: &Path) -> Option<GitConfig> {
-    match env::var("__CARGO_TEST_ROOT") {
-        Ok(_) => find_tests_git_config(path),
-        Err(_) => find_real_git_config(path),
-    }
-}
-
-fn find_tests_git_config(path: &Path) -> Option<GitConfig> {
-    // Don't escape the test sandbox when looking for a git repository.
-    // NOTE: libgit2 has support to define the path ceiling in
-    // git_repository_discover, but the git2 bindings do not expose that.
-    for path in paths::ancestors(path, None) {
-        if let Ok(repo) = GitRepository::open(path) {
-            return Some(repo.config().expect("test repo should have valid config"));
-        }
-    }
-    GitConfig::open_default().ok()
-}
-
-fn find_real_git_config(path: &Path) -> Option<GitConfig> {
-    GitRepository::discover(path)
-        .and_then(|repo| repo.config())
-        .or_else(|_| GitConfig::open_default())
-        .ok()
-}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/new.rs b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
index 9a7f71cf125..bf531a47a37 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/new.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Tests for the `cargo new` command.
 
-use cargo_test_support::paths::{self, CargoPathExt};
-use cargo_test_support::{cargo_process, git_process};
+use cargo_test_support::cargo_process;
+use cargo_test_support::paths;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
 
@@ -226,256 +226,6 @@ or change the name in Cargo.toml with:
         .run();
 }
 
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_user() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo").env("USER", "foo").run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn author_without_user_or_email() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env_remove("USER")
-        .env_remove("USERNAME")
-        .env_remove("NAME")
-        .env_remove("EMAIL")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = []"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_email_only() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env_remove("USER")
-        .env_remove("USERNAME")
-        .env_remove("NAME")
-        .env_remove("EMAIL")
-        .env("EMAIL", "baz")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["<baz>"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_user_escaped() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo").env("USER", "foo \"bar\"").run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo \"bar\""]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_username() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env_remove("USER")
-        .env("USERNAME", "foo")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_name() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env_remove("USERNAME")
-        .env("NAME", "foo")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_priority() {
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env("USER", "bar2")
-        .env("EMAIL", "baz2")
-        .env("CARGO_NAME", "bar")
-        .env("CARGO_EMAIL", "baz")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["bar <baz>"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_email() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env("USER", "bar")
-        .env("EMAIL", "baz")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["bar <baz>"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_author_git() {
-    git_process("config --global user.name bar").exec().unwrap();
-    git_process("config --global user.email baz")
-        .exec()
-        .unwrap();
-    cargo_process("new foo").env("USER", "foo").run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["bar <baz>"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_local_author_git() {
-    git_process("init").exec_with_output().unwrap();
-    git_process("config --global user.name foo").exec().unwrap();
-    git_process("config --global user.email foo@bar")
-        .exec()
-        .unwrap();
-
-    // Set local git user config
-    git_process("config user.name bar").exec().unwrap();
-    git_process("config user.email baz").exec().unwrap();
-    cargo_process("init").env("USER", "foo").run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["bar <baz>"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_git_author() {
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME", "foo")
-        .env("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", "gitfoo")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(
-        contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo <gitfoo>"]"#),
-        "{}",
-        contents
-    );
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_git_author_in_included_config() {
-    let included_gitconfig = paths::root().join("foo").join(".gitconfig");
-    included_gitconfig.parent().unwrap().mkdir_p();
-    fs::write(
-        &included_gitconfig,
-        r#"
-        [user]
-            name = foo
-            email = bar
-        "#,
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-
-    let gitconfig = paths::home().join(".gitconfig");
-    fs::write(
-        &gitconfig,
-        format!(
-            r#"
-            [includeIf "gitdir/i:{}"]
-                path = {}
-            "#,
-            included_gitconfig
-                .parent()
-                .unwrap()
-                .join("")
-                .display()
-                .to_string()
-                .replace("\\", "/"),
-            included_gitconfig.display().to_string().replace("\\", "/"),
-        )
-        .as_bytes(),
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-
-    cargo_process("new foo/bar").run();
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/bar/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(
-        contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo <bar>"]"#),
-        "{}",
-        contents
-    );
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn finds_git_committer() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env_remove("USER")
-        .env("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME", "foo")
-        .env("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL", "gitfoo")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["foo <gitfoo>"]"#));
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn author_prefers_cargo() {
-    git_process("config --global user.name foo").exec().unwrap();
-    git_process("config --global user.email bar")
-        .exec()
-        .unwrap();
-    let root = paths::root();
-    fs::create_dir(&root.join(".cargo")).unwrap();
-    fs::write(
-        &root.join(".cargo/config"),
-        r#"
-            [cargo-new]
-            name = "new-foo"
-            email = "new-bar"
-            vcs = "none"
-        "#,
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-
-    cargo_process("new foo").env("USER", "foo").run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["new-foo <new-bar>"]"#));
-    assert!(!root.join("foo/.gitignore").exists());
-}
-
-#[cargo_test]
-fn strip_angle_bracket_author_email() {
-    create_empty_gitconfig();
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env("USER", "bar")
-        .env("EMAIL", "<baz>")
-        .run();
-
-    let toml = paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml");
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(&toml).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["bar <baz>"]"#));
-}
-
 #[cargo_test]
 fn git_prefers_command_line() {
     let root = paths::root();
@@ -632,17 +382,6 @@ fn new_with_bad_edition() {
         .run();
 }
 
-#[cargo_test]
-fn new_with_blank_email() {
-    cargo_process("new foo")
-        .env("CARGO_NAME", "Sen")
-        .env("CARGO_EMAIL", "")
-        .run();
-
-    let contents = fs::read_to_string(paths::root().join("foo/Cargo.toml")).unwrap();
-    assert!(contents.contains(r#"authors = ["Sen"]"#), "{}", contents);
-}
-
 #[cargo_test]
 fn new_with_reference_link() {
     cargo_process("new foo").env("USER", "foo").run();