diff --git a/docs/plugins/coauthors.rst b/docs/plugins/coauthors.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 15f8ddd..0000000
--- a/docs/plugins/coauthors.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-.. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
-.. License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
-.. file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-
-
-===============
-Co-authors Plus
-===============
-
-This plugin provides guest author functionality
-
-- Enable plugin
-    #. Go to Users->Guest Authors
-    #. Create the ones you want
-    #. When creating or editing a post, add them using the authors input box
-
-.. image:: ../images/guest-author.jpg
-
diff --git a/docs/pluginsettings.rst b/docs/pluginsettings.rst
index 6d26989..b638650 100644
--- a/docs/pluginsettings.rst
+++ b/docs/pluginsettings.rst
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ Plugin Settings
    plugins/passwordprotect
    plugins/relatedposts
    plugins/simplefields
-   plugins/coauthors
    plugins/wordpress-seo.rst
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diff --git a/docs/users.rst b/docs/users.rst
index f815a85..e1a3459 100644
--- a/docs/users.rst
+++ b/docs/users.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 Users
 ==========
 
-.. important:: This documentation is out of date and needs to be rewritten to include the co-authors plugin.
-
-
 For the purposes of content editing there are 3 user roles we use:
 
 1. Editor - our paid staff, somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.
diff --git a/plugins/the-open-standard-modals/templates/author-modal.php b/plugins/the-open-standard-modals/templates/author-modal.php
index e36c9aa..55b1039 100644
--- a/plugins/the-open-standard-modals/templates/author-modal.php
+++ b/plugins/the-open-standard-modals/templates/author-modal.php
@@ -2,21 +2,13 @@
 $author_slug = $modal_args[0];
 $author = get_user_by('slug', $author_slug);
 
-if ($author) {
-    $author_data = get_author_data($author);    
+$author_data = get_author_data($author);    
 
-    $author_posts = new WP_Query(array(
-        'author_name' => $author_slug,
-        'posts_per_page' => -1,
-        'orderby' => 'date'
-    ));
-} else {
-    global $coauthors_plus;
-    $author = $coauthors_plus->get_coauthor_by('user_nicename', $author_slug, true);
-    $author_data = get_author_data($author);
-
-    $author_posts = get_posts_assigned_to_author($author_data->nicename);
-}
+$author_posts = new WP_Query(array(
+    'author_name' => $author_slug,
+    'posts_per_page' => -1,
+    'orderby' => 'date'
+));
 ?>
 
 <div class="close-button">
diff --git a/themes/theopenstandard/filters.php b/themes/theopenstandard/filters.php
index 0c7d262..67c94a5 100644
--- a/themes/theopenstandard/filters.php
+++ b/themes/theopenstandard/filters.php
@@ -1,24 +1,2 @@
 <?php
-add_filter( 'coauthors_guest_author_fields', 'capx_filter_guest_author_fields', 10, 2);
-function capx_filter_guest_author_fields($fields_to_return, $groups) {
-    if (in_array('all', $groups) || in_array('contact-info', $groups)) {
-        $fields_to_return[] = array(
-            'key'      => 'twitter',
-            'label'    => 'Twitter',
-            'group'    => 'contact-info',
-        );
-        $fields_to_return[] = array(
-            'key'      => 'facebook',
-            'label'    => 'Facebook',
-            'group'    => 'contact-info',
-        );
-        $fields_to_return[] = array(
-            'key'      => 'googleplus',
-            'label'    => 'Google Plus',
-            'group'    => 'contact-info',
-        );
-    } 
-
-    return $fields_to_return;
-}
 ?>
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