diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7590e9..8b93e3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ plugins {
 There is a [minimal example](example) setup.
 
 ```
-├── settings.gradle.kts                          // Entriy point (see above) 
+├── settings.gradle.kts                          // Entriy point (see above)
 ├── gradle.properties                            // Turn on Gradle caches
 ├── gradle/aggregation/build.gradle.kts          // List of all product/service modules for consistent resolution
 ├── gradle/toolchain-versions.properties         // JDK version (and other tools if applicable)
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ There is a [minimal example](example) setup.
 ├── hiero-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts   // Versions of 3rd-party modules
 ├── product-a                                    // Folder containing all modules of 'product-a'
 │   ├── module-app                               // Example of a Application module
-│   │   ├── build.gradle.kts                     // Select which build features to use in 'plugins {}' (see above) 
+│   │   ├── build.gradle.kts                     // Select which build features to use in 'plugins {}' (see above)
 │   │   └── src/main/java/module-info.java       // Define dependencies to other modules
 │   ├── module-lib                               // Example of a Library module
-│   │   ├── build.gradle.kts                     // Select which build features to use in 'plugins {}' (see above) 
+│   │   ├── build.gradle.kts                     // Select which build features to use in 'plugins {}' (see above)
 │   │   └── src/main/java/module-info.java       // Define dependencies to other modules
-│   ├── description.txt                          // Description of the product (for published metadata)
-│   └── developers.properties                    // Developers of the product (for published metadata)
+│   └── description.txt                          // Description of the product (for published metadata),
+│                                                //   or set 'description' for individual module in build.gradle.kts
 └── version.txt                                  // Version of all modules/products
 ```
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Each plugin configures a certain build aspect, following this naming pattern:
 - `org.hiero.gradle.check.*` _Check_ plugins help with keeping the software maintainable over time.
   They check things like the dependency setup or code formatting.
 - `org.hiero.gradle.report.*` _Report_ plugins configure the export of information into reports that can be picked
-up by other systems - e.g. for code coverage reporting.
+  up by other systems - e.g. for code coverage reporting.
 - `org.hiero.gradle.module.*` _Module_ plugins combine plugins from all categories above to define
   _Module Types_ that are then used in the `build.gradle.kts` files of the individual Modules of our software.
 
diff --git a/developers.properties b/developers.properties
index 0a0d0fd..35c183f 100644
--- a/developers.properties
+++ b/developers.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-release-engineering@hiero.org=Release Engineering Team
\ No newline at end of file
+info@lfdecentralizedtrust.org=The Hiero Team
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/product-a/developers.properties b/example/product-a/developers.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 37dcde9..0000000
--- a/example/product-a/developers.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-example=contact@example.org
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org.hiero.gradle.feature.publish-maven-repository.gradle.kts b/src/main/kotlin/org.hiero.gradle.feature.publish-maven-repository.gradle.kts
index 1774b84..215198d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org.hiero.gradle.feature.publish-maven-repository.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org.hiero.gradle.feature.publish-maven-repository.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import java.util.Properties
-
 plugins {
     id("java")
     id("maven-publish")
@@ -35,27 +33,6 @@ publishing.publications.withType<MavenPublication>().configureEach {
     suppressAllPomMetadataWarnings()
 
     pom {
-        val devGroups = Properties()
-        @Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
-        val developerProperties =
-            if (project.path == isolated.rootProject.path) {
-                layout.projectDirectory.file("developers.properties")
-            } else {
-                layout.projectDirectory.file("../developers.properties")
-            }
-        devGroups.load(
-            providers
-                .fileContents(developerProperties)
-                .asText
-                .orElse(
-                    provider {
-                        throw RuntimeException("${developerProperties.asFile} does not exist")
-                    }
-                )
-                .get()
-                .reader()
-        )
-
         name = project.name
         url = "https://hiero.org/"
         inceptionYear = "2024"
@@ -94,14 +71,12 @@ publishing.publications.withType<MavenPublication>().configureEach {
         }
 
         developers {
-            devGroups.forEach { mail, team ->
-                developer {
-                    id = team as String
-                    name = team as String
-                    email = mail as String
-                    organization = "Hiero - a Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust project"
-                    organizationUrl = "https://hiero.org/"
-                }
+            developer {
+                id = "hiero"
+                name = "The Hiero Team"
+                email = "info@lfdecentralizedtrust.org"
+                organization = "Hiero - a Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust project"
+                organizationUrl = "https://hiero.org/"
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/MavenCentralPublishTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/MavenCentralPublishTest.kt
index 23ad7d8..fc0609d 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/MavenCentralPublishTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/MavenCentralPublishTest.kt
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ class MavenCentralPublishTest {
         p.settingsFile.appendText(
             """javaModules { directory("product-b") { group = "org.foo" } }"""
         )
-        p.file("product-b/developers.properties", "")
         p.file("product-b/module-b/src/main/java/module-info.java", "module org.foo.module.b {}")
         p.file(
             "product-b/module-b/build.gradle.kts",
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/fixtures/GradleProject.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/fixtures/GradleProject.kt
index 04cdc23..07f46da 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/fixtures/GradleProject.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/hiero/gradle/test/fixtures/GradleProject.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class GradleProject {
     val versionFile = file("version.txt")
     private val toolchainVersionsFile = file("gradle/toolchain-versions.properties")
 
-    private val developersProperties = file("product/developers.properties")
     val descriptionTxt = file("product/description.txt")
     val moduleBuildFile = file("product/module-a/build.gradle.kts")
     private val moduleInfo = file("product/module-a/src/main/java/module-info.java")
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ class GradleProject {
         aggregation.writeFormatted("""plugins { id("org.hiero.gradle.base.lifecycle") }""")
         versionFile.writeText("1.0")
         toolchainVersionsFile.writeText("jdk=17.0.12")
-        developersProperties.writeText("test=test@hiero.org")
         descriptionTxt.writeText("A module to test hiero-gradle-conventions")
         moduleInfoFile("module org.hiero.product.module.a {}")
         javaSourceFile(