diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2657353bc..9e99c0dcb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
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@@ -7826,12 +7816,6 @@
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2423cbfdf..96312c2ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
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     "npm-reporter": "file:./test/cli/fixtures/npm-reporter",
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@
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     "test-integration": "npm run build && node bin/qunit.js test/integration/*.js",
     "browserstack": "browserstack-runner -v",
-    "authors": "grunt authors",
+    "authors": "(echo 'Authors ordered by first contribution\n' && git log --format='%aN <%aE>' --no-merges --reverse | awk '!seen[$0]++') | tee AUTHORS.txt",
     "coverage": "npm run build-coverage && npm run coverage-cli && npm run coverage-main && nyc report",
     "coverage-cli": "nyc --use-spawn-wrap --silent bin/qunit.js test/cli/*.js",
     "coverage-main": "nyc instrument --in-place qunit/ && grunt connect:base qunit"