diff --git a/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts
index 2b5da6db2..be83cfbf7 100644
--- a/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { User } from '../../../../users/user.entity';
 import { Note } from '../../../../notes/note.entity';
 import { AuthToken } from '../../../../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Identity } from '../../../../users/identity.entity';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../../../../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Authorship } from '../../../../revisions/authorship.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../../../../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { Tag } from '../../../../notes/tag.entity';
@@ -58,8 +57,6 @@ describe('HistoryController', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
diff --git a/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts
index 55a5e81d9..f49705ffc 100644
--- a/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/me/me.controller.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../../../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../../../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Authorship } from '../../../revisions/authorship.entity';
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ describe('MeController', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Group))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(NoteGroupPermission))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(NoteUserPermission))
diff --git a/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts
index 61e60dbf7..c37fb68cc 100644
--- a/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/media/media.controller.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import externalConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/external-services.config.mo
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
 import { NotesModule } from '../../../notes/notes.module';
 import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../../../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Authorship } from '../../../revisions/authorship.entity';
 import { AuthToken } from '../../../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ describe('MediaController', () => {
       ],
       controllers: [MediaController],
     })
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
diff --git a/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
index 848c54727..e6f355b9c 100644
--- a/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import appConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/app.config.mock';
 import mediaConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { Revision } from '../../../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { Authorship } from '../../../revisions/authorship.entity';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../../../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { User } from '../../../users/user.entity';
 import { AuthToken } from '../../../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Identity } from '../../../users/identity.entity';
@@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ describe('NotesController', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
+
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(User))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
diff --git a/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts
index bf61c10a6..c22965d10 100644
--- a/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/me/me.controller.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { HistoryModule } from '../../../history/history.module';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../../../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from '../../../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../../../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../../../notes/tag.entity';
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ describe('Me Controller', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Identity))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
diff --git a/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts
index be1126898..6358c6dc2 100644
--- a/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/media/media.controller.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import mediaConfigMock from '../../../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../../../media/media-upload.entity';
 import { MediaModule } from '../../../media/media.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../../../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from '../../../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../../../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../../../notes/tag.entity';
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ describe('Media Controller', () => {
         NotesModule,
       ],
     })
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
diff --git a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
index 867e36d9e..d4f31b9d9 100644
--- a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   TypeOrmModule,
 } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../../../logger/logger.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../../../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from '../../../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesService } from '../../../notes/notes.service';
 import { Tag } from '../../../notes/tag.entity';
@@ -76,8 +75,6 @@ describe('Notes Controller', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(User))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
diff --git a/src/history/history.service.spec.ts b/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
index 509a9382f..ed5534d11 100644
--- a/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { getConnectionToken, getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Authorship } from '../revisions/authorship.entity';
 import { HistoryEntry } from './history-entry.entity';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@ describe('HistoryService', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Note))
diff --git a/src/media/media.service.spec.ts b/src/media/media.service.spec.ts
index 3d0a098bd..58bfcd472 100644
--- a/src/media/media.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/media/media.service.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
 import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import mediaConfigMock from '../config/mock/media.config.mock';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ describe('MediaService', () => {
         UsersModule,
       ],
     })
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
diff --git a/src/notes/author-color.entity.ts b/src/notes/author-color.entity.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 965d5e6f9..000000000
--- a/src/notes/author-color.entity.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-import { Column, Entity, ManyToOne } from 'typeorm';
-import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
-import { Note } from './note.entity';
-
-@Entity()
-export class AuthorColor {
-  @ManyToOne((_) => Note, (note) => note.authorColors, {
-    primary: true,
-  })
-  note: Note;
-
-  @ManyToOne((_) => User, {
-    primary: true,
-  })
-  user: User;
-
-  @Column()
-  color: string;
-}
diff --git a/src/notes/note.entity.ts b/src/notes/note.entity.ts
index 6a3067b76..8cca4de6c 100644
--- a/src/notes/note.entity.ts
+++ b/src/notes/note.entity.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity
 import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Revision } from '../revisions/revision.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
-import { AuthorColor } from './author-color.entity';
 import { Tag } from './tag.entity';
 import { HistoryEntry } from '../history/history-entry.entity';
 import { MediaUpload } from '../media/media-upload.entity';
@@ -59,8 +58,6 @@ export class Note {
   owner: User | null;
   @OneToMany((_) => Revision, (revision) => revision.note, { cascade: true })
   revisions: Promise<Revision[]>;
-  @OneToMany((_) => AuthorColor, (authorColor) => authorColor.note)
-  authorColors: AuthorColor[];
   @OneToMany((_) => HistoryEntry, (historyEntry) => historyEntry.user)
   historyEntries: HistoryEntry[];
   @OneToMany((_) => MediaUpload, (mediaUpload) => mediaUpload.note)
@@ -90,7 +87,6 @@ export class Note {
     newNote.alias = alias ?? null;
     newNote.viewCount = 0;
     newNote.owner = owner ?? null;
-    newNote.authorColors = [];
     newNote.userPermissions = [];
     newNote.groupPermissions = [];
     newNote.revisions = Promise.resolve([]) as Promise<Revision[]>;
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.module.ts b/src/notes/notes.module.ts
index 685752038..728f92ef3 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.module.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.module.ts
@@ -5,24 +5,22 @@
  */
 
 import { forwardRef, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { GroupsModule } from '../groups/groups.module';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
+import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
+import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { RevisionsModule } from '../revisions/revisions.module';
 import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from './author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from './note.entity';
 import { NotesService } from './notes.service';
 import { Tag } from './tag.entity';
-import { NoteGroupPermission } from '../permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
-import { NoteUserPermission } from '../permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
-import { GroupsModule } from '../groups/groups.module';
-import { ConfigModule } from '@nestjs/config';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
     TypeOrmModule.forFeature([
       Note,
-      AuthorColor,
       Tag,
       NoteGroupPermission,
       NoteUserPermission,
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
index 2d8350c71..230536857 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { AuthToken } from '../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Identity } from '../users/identity.entity';
 import { User } from '../users/user.entity';
 import { UsersModule } from '../users/users.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from './author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from './note.entity';
 import { NotesService } from './notes.service';
 import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ describe('NotesService', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useClass(Repository)
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(NoteGroupPermission))
@@ -688,13 +685,6 @@ describe('NotesService', () => {
       note.alias = 'testAlias';
       note.title = 'testTitle';
       note.description = 'testDescription';
-      note.authorColors = [
-        {
-          note: note,
-          user: user,
-          color: 'red',
-        } as AuthorColor,
-      ];
       note.owner = user;
       note.userPermissions = [
         {
@@ -782,13 +772,6 @@ describe('NotesService', () => {
       note.alias = 'testAlias';
       note.title = 'testTitle';
       note.description = 'testDescription';
-      note.authorColors = [
-        {
-          note: note,
-          user: user,
-          color: 'red',
-        } as AuthorColor,
-      ];
       note.owner = user;
       note.userPermissions = [
         {
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
index 149262aa3..b2df08354 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
@@ -60,13 +60,7 @@ export class NotesService {
   async getUserNotes(user: User): Promise<Note[]> {
     const notes = await this.noteRepository.find({
       where: { owner: user },
-      relations: [
-        'owner',
-        'userPermissions',
-        'groupPermissions',
-        'authorColors',
-        'tags',
-      ],
+      relations: ['owner', 'userPermissions', 'groupPermissions', 'tags'],
     });
     if (notes === undefined) {
       return [];
@@ -173,7 +167,6 @@ export class NotesService {
         },
       ],
       relations: [
-        'authorColors',
         'owner',
         'groupPermissions',
         'groupPermissions.group',
@@ -365,9 +358,7 @@ export class NotesService {
       title: note.title ?? '',
       createTime: (await this.getFirstRevision(note)).createdAt,
       description: note.description ?? '',
-      editedBy: note.authorColors.map(
-        (authorColor) => authorColor.user.userName,
-      ),
+      editedBy: [], // TODO temporary placeholder,
       permissions: this.toNotePermissionsDto(note),
       tags: this.toTagList(note),
       updateTime: (await this.getLatestRevision(note)).createdAt,
diff --git a/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts b/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts
index c97ef750d..57269e903 100644
--- a/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/permissions/permissions.service.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { AuthToken } from '../auth/auth-token.entity';
 import { Group } from '../groups/group.entity';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { Tag } from '../notes/tag.entity';
@@ -50,8 +49,6 @@ describe('PermissionsService', () => {
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Revision))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Note))
diff --git a/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts b/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
index 2d1226856..5c97c8a3c 100644
--- a/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/revisions/revisions.service.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { getRepositoryToken } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
 import { NotInDBError } from '../errors/errors';
 import { LoggerModule } from '../logger/logger.module';
-import { AuthorColor } from '../notes/author-color.entity';
 import { Note } from '../notes/note.entity';
 import { NotesModule } from '../notes/notes.module';
 import { AuthToken } from '../auth/auth-token.entity';
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ describe('RevisionsService', () => {
     })
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(Authorship))
       .useValue({})
-      .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthorColor))
-      .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(User))
       .useValue({})
       .overrideProvider(getRepositoryToken(AuthToken))
diff --git a/src/seed.ts b/src/seed.ts
index 96347ddec..4329d8c0a 100644
--- a/src/seed.ts
+++ b/src/seed.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { Authorship } from './revisions/authorship.entity';
 import { NoteGroupPermission } from './permissions/note-group-permission.entity';
 import { NoteUserPermission } from './permissions/note-user-permission.entity';
 import { Group } from './groups/group.entity';
-import { AuthorColor } from './notes/author-color.entity';
 import { HistoryEntry } from './history/history-entry.entity';
 import { MediaUpload } from './media/media-upload.entity';
 import { Tag } from './notes/tag.entity';
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ createConnection({
     NoteGroupPermission,
     NoteUserPermission,
     Group,
-    AuthorColor,
     HistoryEntry,
     MediaUpload,
     Tag,