diff --git a/gui/src/metainfo.json b/gui/src/metainfo.json
index 813433cf23b35d0cc1ee7437ff342495270787d3..e8952b9a648ca97c9e2653b52ab4e22e8a644fc9 100644
--- a/gui/src/metainfo.json
+++ b/gui/src/metainfo.json
@@ -50458,17 +50458,6 @@
                 "type_data": "str"
               }
             }
-          ],
-          "sub_sections": [
-            {
-              "m_def": "nomad.metainfo.metainfo.SubSection",
-              "m_parent_index": 0,
-              "m_parent_sub_section": "sub_sections",
-              "name": "users",
-              "description": "The responsible person for this archive entry.",
-              "sub_section": "/packages/8/section_definitions/0",
-              "repeats": true
-            }
           ]
         },
         {
diff --git a/nomad/datamodel/metainfo/eln/__init__.py b/nomad/datamodel/metainfo/eln/__init__.py
index e6dfc4f011ddfd88ba48cdb828c36c75a1a6cf71..3f080a1f4600bfca10a636a4bd2d6ff7d43ce834 100644
--- a/nomad/datamodel/metainfo/eln/__init__.py
+++ b/nomad/datamodel/metainfo/eln/__init__.py
@@ -81,13 +81,6 @@ class ElnBaseSection(ArchiveSection):
         description='Any information that cannot be captured in the other fields.',
         a_eln=dict(component='RichTextEditQuantity'))
 
-    users = SubSection(
-        description='''
-        The responsible person for this archive entry.
-        ''',
-        section_def=User,
-        repeats=True)
-
     def normalize(self, archive, logger):
         super(ElnBaseSection, self).normalize(archive, logger)