diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 082dfea66f..2fd148c7c6 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -819,20 +819,6 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) GetHeaderByHash(ctx context.Context, hash common.H
 	return nil
 }
 
-// getAuthor: returns the author of the Block
-func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) getAuthor(head *types.Header) *common.Address {
-	// get author using Author() function from: /consensus/clique/clique.go
-	// In Production: get author using Author() function from: /consensus/bor/bor.go
-	author, err := s.b.Engine().Author(head)
-	// make sure we don't send error to the user, return 0x0 instead
-	if err != nil {
-		add := common.HexToAddress("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000")
-		return &add
-	}
-	// change the coinbase (0x0) with the miner address
-	return &author
-}
-
 // GetBlockByNumber returns the requested canonical block.
 //   - When blockNr is -1 the chain head is returned.
 //   - When blockNr is -2 the pending chain head is returned.
@@ -841,7 +827,6 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) getAuthor(head *types.Header) *common.Address {
 func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) GetBlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumber, fullTx bool) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	block, err := s.b.BlockByNumber(ctx, number)
 	if block != nil && err == nil {
-
 		response, err := s.rpcMarshalBlock(ctx, block, true, fullTx)
 		if err == nil && number == rpc.PendingBlockNumber {
 			// Pending blocks need to nil out a few fields
@@ -850,12 +835,6 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) GetBlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.B
 			}
 		}
 
-		if err == nil && number != rpc.PendingBlockNumber {
-			author := s.getAuthor(block.Header())
-
-			response["miner"] = author
-		}
-
 		// append marshalled bor transaction
 		if err == nil && response != nil {
 			response = s.appendRPCMarshalBorTransaction(ctx, block, response, fullTx)
@@ -874,10 +853,6 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) GetBlockByHash(ctx context.Context, hash common.Ha
 		response, err := s.rpcMarshalBlock(ctx, block, true, fullTx)
 		// append marshalled bor transaction
 		if err == nil && response != nil {
-			author := s.getAuthor(block.Header())
-
-			response["miner"] = author
-
 			return s.appendRPCMarshalBorTransaction(ctx, block, response, fullTx), err
 		}
 		return response, err