diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/Author.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/Author.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 18332bc8f1..0000000000
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-propagation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/orcidtoresultfromsemrel/Author.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.dhp.orcidtoresultfromsemrel;
-
-public class Author {
-}