diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2f597b4614a..df8fb678b08 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ScummVM Team
        Filippos Karapetis
        Martin Kiewitz
        Pawel Kolodziejski
-       Walter van Niftrik           - (retired)
+       Walter van Niftrik
        Kari Salminen
        Eugene Sandulenko
        David Symonds                - (retired)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ ScummVM Team
        Max Horn                     - (retired)
        Filippos Karapetis
        Martin Kiewitz
-       Walter van Niftrik           - (retired)
+       Walter van Niftrik
        Willem Jan Palenstijn
        Jordi Vilalta Prat
        Lars Skovlund
diff --git a/devtools/credits.pl b/devtools/credits.pl
index 78e29dc0db9..d7cd26fbdc5 100755
--- a/devtools/credits.pl
+++ b/devtools/credits.pl
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ begin_credits("Credits");
 				add_person("Filippos Karapetis", "[md5]", "");
 				add_person("Martin Kiewitz", "m_kiewitz", "");
 				add_person("Paweł Kołodziejski", "aquadran", "");
-				add_person("Walter van Niftrik", "waltervn", "(retired)");
+				add_person("Walter van Niftrik", "waltervn", "");
 				add_person("Kari Salminen", "Buddha^", "");
 				add_person("Eugene Sandulenko", "sev", "");
 				add_person("David Symonds", "dsymonds", "(retired)");
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ begin_credits("Credits");
 				add_person("Max Horn", "Fingolfin", "(retired)");
 				add_person("Filippos Karapetis", "[md5]", "");
 				add_person("Martin Kiewitz", "m_kiewitz", "");
-				add_person("Walter van Niftrik", "waltervn", "(retired)");
+				add_person("Walter van Niftrik", "waltervn", "");
 				add_person("Willem Jan Palenstijn", "wjp", "");
 				add_person("Jordi Vilalta Prat", "jvprat", "");
 				add_person("Lars Skovlund", "lskovlun", "");
diff --git a/gui/credits.h b/gui/credits.h
index 56302228a3a..cda523bb79a 100644
--- a/gui/credits.h
+++ b/gui/credits.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static const char *credits[] = {
 "C0""Martin Kiewitz",
 "C0""Pawel Kolodziejski",
 "C0""Walter van Niftrik",
-"C2""(retired)",
 "C0""Kari Salminen",
 "C0""Eugene Sandulenko",
 "C0""David Symonds",
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ static const char *credits[] = {
 "C0""Filippos Karapetis",
 "C0""Martin Kiewitz",
 "C0""Walter van Niftrik",
-"C2""(retired)",
 "C0""Willem Jan Palenstijn",
 "C0""Jordi Vilalta Prat",
 "C0""Lars Skovlund",