diff --git a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t
index 37eef3589..79c78ae93 100644
--- a/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t
+++ b/sphinx/templates/quickstart/conf.py_t
@@ -171,9 +171,6 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 
 # Bibliographic Dublin Core info.
 epub_title = project
-epub_author = author
-epub_publisher = author
-epub_copyright = copyright
 
 # The unique identifier of the text. This can be a ISBN number
 # or the project homepage.
diff --git a/tests/test_quickstart.py b/tests/test_quickstart.py
index fccd3d66b..64c38457d 100644
--- a/tests/test_quickstart.py
+++ b/tests/test_quickstart.py
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ def test_quickstart_all_answers(tempdir):
     assert ns['latex_documents'] == [
         ('contents', 'STASI.tex', u'STASI™ Documentation',
          u'Wolfgang Schäuble \\& G\'Beckstein', 'manual')]
-    assert ns['epub_author'] == u'Wolfgang Schäuble & G\'Beckstein'
     assert ns['man_pages'] == [
         ('contents', 'stasi', u'STASI™ Documentation',
          [u'Wolfgang Schäuble & G\'Beckstein'], 1)]