diff --git a/lib/platform/index.js b/lib/platform/index.js
index 691f8cb9e1..4eb8fdb1a0 100644
--- a/lib/platform/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/index.js
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ async function initPlatform(config) {
     name: gitAuthorParsed.name,
     email: gitAuthorParsed.address,
   };
-  delete returnConfig.gitAuthor;
   const platformRule = {
     hostType: returnConfig.platform,
     hostName: URL.parse(returnConfig.endpoint).hostname,
diff --git a/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap b/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
index 8c968b19a1..85414a719a 100644
--- a/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Array [
 exports[`platform initializes 1`] = `
 Object {
   "endpoint": "https://api.bitbucket.org/",
+  "gitAuthor": "user@domain.com",
   "hostRules": Array [
     Object {
       "hostName": "api.bitbucket.org",