diff --git a/.github/workflows/authors.yaml b/.github/workflows/authors.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fc3148d8..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/authors.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Update Authors
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-jobs:
-  update-authors:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Run update-authors.sh script file
-      run: |
-         chmod +x ./tools/update-authors.sh
-         ./tools/update-authors.sh
-      shell: bash
-    - name: Commit changes
-      uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
-      with:
-        commit_user_name: devops-radicalbit 
-        commit_user_email: devops@radicalbit.ai
-        commit_author: devops-radicalbit  <devops@radicalbit.ai> 
-        commit_message: Update AUTHORS.md file
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index c6171f08..1735da8e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Contributors (ordered by first contribution.)
 - rivamarco (<riva.marco.94@gmail.com>)
 - d-croci (<daniele.croci@radicalbit.ai>)
 - cybermarinella (<marinella.mastrosimone@gmail.com>)
-- rivamarco (<marco.riva@radicalbit.io>)
 - BigMoby (<bigmoby@users.noreply.github.com>)
 
  #### Generated by tools/update-authors.sh.
diff --git a/tools/update-authors.sh b/tools/update-authors.sh
index 02169a8c..851c8b4e 100755
--- a/tools/update-authors.sh
+++ b/tools/update-authors.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 git log --reverse --format='%aN (<%aE>)' | perl -we '
 BEGIN {
+  %seen_names = ();
   %seen_emails = ();
 }
 while (<>) {
@@ -11,10 +12,12 @@ while (<>) {
   next if /(devops\@radicalbit.ai)/;
   next if /(devops\@users.noreply.github.com)/;
 
-  # Extract the email
-  if ($line =~ /<(.+?)>/) {
-    my $email = $1;
-    # Skip if the email has been seen
+  # Extract the name before the email and convert to lowercase
+  if ($line =~ /^(.+?) \((.+)\)$/) {
+    my $name = lc($1);
+    my $email = $2;
+    # Skip if the name or email has been seen (case insensitive for name)
+    next if $seen_names{$name}++;
     next if $seen_emails{$email}++;
   }