diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js b/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js
index 5764df7d2c..57181c3f13 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export default class PostSerializer extends ApplicationSerializer.extend(Embedde
         delete json.url;
         delete json.send_email_when_published;
         delete json.email_recipient_filter;
+        delete json.email;
         delete json.newsletter;
         // Deprecated property (replaced with data.authors)
         delete json.author;