diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
index cbbdc2ac..0fa38af7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
 import org.jdom.Element;
@@ -89,16 +88,15 @@ public class FeedParser {
 					continue;
 				}
 				entry.setGuid(FeedUtils.truncate(guid, 2048));
-				entry.setGuidHash(DigestUtils.sha1Hex(guid));
 				entry.setUrl(FeedUtils.truncate(
 						FeedUtils.toAbsoluteUrl(item.getLink(), feed.getLink()),
 						2048));
 				entry.setUpdated(validateDate(getEntryUpdateDate(item), true));
-				entry.setAuthor(item.getAuthor());
 
 				FeedEntryContent content = new FeedEntryContent();
 				content.setContent(getContent(item));
 				content.setTitle(getTitle(item));
+				content.setAuthor(item.getAuthor());
 				SyndEnclosure enclosure = (SyndEnclosure) Iterables.getFirst(
 						item.getEnclosures(), null);
 				if (enclosure != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/FeedEntry.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/FeedEntry.java
index 1aeebb9c..22ef3c31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/FeedEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/FeedEntry.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ public class FeedEntry extends AbstractModel {
 	@Column(length = 2048)
 	private String url;
 
-	@Column(name = "author", length = 128)
-	private String author;
-
 	@Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
 	private Date inserted;
 
@@ -117,14 +114,6 @@ public class FeedEntry extends AbstractModel {
 		this.guidHash = guidHash;
 	}
 
-	public String getAuthor() {
-		return author;
-	}
-
-	public void setAuthor(String author) {
-		this.author = author;
-	}
-
 	public Feed getFeed() {
 		return feed;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Entry.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Entry.java
index 31134bb6..076a04d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Entry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/model/Entry.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class Entry implements Serializable {
 		entry.setContent(FeedUtils.proxyImages(feedEntry.getContent()
 				.getContent(), publicUrl, proxyImages));
 		entry.setRtl(FeedUtils.isRTL(feedEntry));
-		entry.setAuthor(feedEntry.getAuthor());
+		entry.setAuthor(feedEntry.getContent().getAuthor());
 		entry.setEnclosureUrl(feedEntry.getContent().getEnclosureUrl());
 		entry.setEnclosureType(feedEntry.getContent().getEnclosureType());
 		entry.setDate(feedEntry.getUpdated());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml b/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml
index 155e685c..cdd65aeb 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 		<createIndex tableName="FEEDENTRYCONTENTS" indexName="content_hash_index">
 			<column name="contentHash" />
 		</createIndex>
+		<dropColumn tableName="FEEDENTRIES" columnName="author"/>
 	</changeSet>
 
 	<changeSet author="athou" id="add-new-index">