diff --git a/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl b/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
index a35322ff79..75ccb080f8 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
       <name form="short" and="text" delimiter=", " />
-      <label form="verb-short" prefix=", " suffix="."/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
 	<names variable="translator"/>
diff --git a/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl b/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
index 450f0ec9e6..df4aad4108 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       </if>
     </choose>
   </macro>
-  <macro name="author">
+  <macro name="author-bib">
     <names variable="author">
       <name name-as-sort-order="first" and="text" sort-separator=", "
 	    delimiter=", " delimiter-precedes-last="always"/>
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
       <name form="short" and="text" delimiter=", " />
-      <label form="verb-short" prefix=", " suffix="."/>
       <substitute>
 	<names variable="editor"/>
 	<names variable="translator"/>
@@ -388,7 +387,7 @@
     </sort>
     <layout suffix=".">
       <group delimiter=". ">
-        <text macro="author"/>
+        <text macro="author-bib"/>
         <text macro="recipient-bib"/>
         <text macro="title-bib"/>
         <text macro="description-bib"/>
diff --git a/csl/chicago-note-no-ibid.csl b/csl/chicago-note-no-ibid.csl
index 14ed002141..3009a23939 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-note-no-ibid.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-note-no-ibid.csl
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
       <name form="short" and="text" delimiter=", "/>
-      <label form="verb-short" prefix=", " suffix="."/>
       <substitute>
         <names variable="editor"/>
         <names variable="translator"/>
diff --git a/csl/chicago-note.csl b/csl/chicago-note.csl
index b46db9d81b..ec7c5e689b 100644
--- a/csl/chicago-note.csl
+++ b/csl/chicago-note.csl
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
   <macro name="author-short">
     <names variable="author">
       <name form="short" and="text" delimiter=", "/>
-      <label form="verb-short" prefix=", " suffix="."/>
       <substitute>
         <names variable="editor"/>
         <names variable="translator"/>