diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css b/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
index 90023b88..cc6e39ed 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
     margin-bottom: .75em;
 }
 
-#authorships li.dd {
+/* Use class dd rather than jQuery UI's class ui-sortable, so that we can remove
+ * the class if there's fewer than one author. 
+ */
+#authorships.dd li {
     padding-left: 1em;
     background: url("../images/sortable_icon.png") no-repeat left center;  
     cursor: move;  
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
index dc5c7064..f7c97a85 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
@@ -308,8 +308,6 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
             return;
         }
         
-        authorships.addClass('dd');
-        
         $('.authorNameWrapper').each(function() {
             $(this).attr('title', 'Drag and drop to reorder authors');
         });
@@ -662,8 +660,6 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
             
     	authorships.sortable({ disable: true } );
         authorships.removeClass('dd');
-        
-        authorship.removeClass('dd');  
               
     	authorNameWrapper.removeAttr('title');
     },