diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9f3571ca8..cf3cc8c87d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ examples/output.txt
 # ignore coverage files
 .coverage*
 !.coveragerc
-.noseids
 htmlcov
 # ignore trajectory offset caches
 .adk_oplsaa.trr_offsets.pkl
diff --git a/benchmarks/asv.conf.json b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
index e3a8fd900a..3906cf6def 100644
--- a/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
+++ b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
         "scipy": [],
 	    "six": [],
 	    "pytest": [],
-	    "nose": [],
 	    "mock": [],
         "MDAnalysisTests": [],
     },
diff --git a/package/AUTHORS b/package/AUTHORS
index 0f4dd493eb..973f1dd794 100644
--- a/package/AUTHORS
+++ b/package/AUTHORS
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ Chronological list of authors
   - Brady Johnston
 2026
   - Mohammad Ayaan
-
+  - Khushi Phougat
+  
 External code
 -------------
 
diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/utils/test_streamio.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/utils/test_streamio.py
index 56a421dda7..869ea317ff 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/utils/test_streamio.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/utils/test_streamio.py
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ def test_func(self, func):
 
     def test_join(self, tmpdir, funcname="join"):
         # join not included because of different call signature
-        # but added first argument for the sake of it showing up in the verbose
-        # nose output
         ns = self.create_NamedStream()
         fn = self.textname
         reference = str(tmpdir.join(fn))