diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/AUTHORS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-List of xterm.js contributors. Updated before every release.
-
-7PH <b.raymond@cern.ch>
-7PH <b.raymond@protonmail.com>
-Adrian Labbé <adrilabbelol@gmail.com>
-Aleksandr Andrienko <aandrienko@codenvy.com>
-Aleksandr Andriienko <oandriie@redhat.com>
-Alessandro Nadalin <alessandro.nadalin@gmail.com>
-Alexander Olsson <noseglid@gmail.com>
-Alexandre Petit-Pas <petitpasalexandre@gmail.com>
-Alexey Kontsevoy <alexey@gravitational.com>
-Andres Mejia <amejia004@gmail.com>
-Anish Athalye <me@anishathalye.com>
-Anthony Lapenna <lapenna.anthony@gmail.com>
-Antonin Stefanutti <antonin@stefanutti.fr>
-Antonis Kalipetis <akalipetis@sourcelair.com>
-Anton Skshidlevsky <meefik@gmail.com>
-Anton Yurovskykh <anton.yurovskykh@gmail.com>
-Artem Arbatskiy <artyom.arbatskiy@gmail.com>
-Austin Robertson <austinrobertson@gmail.com>
-ayapi <colors.aya@gmail.com>
-Ben Hall <ben@benhall.me.uk>
-Benjamin Fischer <benjamin.fischer@rwth-aachen.de>
-Benjamin Raymond <b.raymond@cern.ch>
-Benjamin Woodruff <github@benjam.info>
-Bill Church <billchurch@users.noreply.github.com>
-Bob Reid <bobreid@Bobs-MacBook-Pro.local>
-bottleofwater <nison.mael+bottleofwater@gmail.com>
-Brandon Bayer <b@bayer.ws>
-Brian Mock <brian@mockbrian.com>
-Bruno Ribeiro <b.m.fernandes.ribeiro@gmail.com>
-Bruno Ribeito <b.m.fernandes.ribeiro@gmail.com>
-Carson Anderson <carson@betterservers.com>
-CHaBou <chabup@delean.fr>
-Christian Budde Christensen <budde377@gmail.com>
-Christof Marti <chrmarti@microsoft.com>
-Christopher Jeffrey <chjjeffrey@gmail.com>
-coderaiser <mnemonic.enemy@gmail.com>
-Damien Tournoud <damien@platform.sh>
-Dan Brown <jdanbrown@gmail.com>
-Daniel Griffen <dagriffe@microsoft.com>
-Daniel Griffen <daniel@griffen.io>
-Daniel Imms <daimms@microsoft.com>
-Daniel Risacher <drisacher@gmail.com>
-Dan Kaplun <dbkaplun@twitch.tv>
-Darin Morrison <freebroccolo@users.noreply.github.com>
-dcylabs <dcylabs@gmail.com>
-Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
-Edgar Andrés Margffoy Tuay <andfoy@gmail.com>
-Elliot Saba <staticfloat@gmail.com>
-Exile <exile@chamber.ee>
-Felipe Gasper <felipe@felipegasper.com>
-Felix <30559812+felixse@users.noreply.github.com>
-ficristo <ficristo.work@gmail.com>
-Gary Ritchie <gary@rstudio.com>
-hiro-su <h.sugipon@gmail.com>
-Ian Lewis <ianlewis@google.com>
-imoses <ido@twiggle.com>
-InDieTasten <indietasten@gmail.com>
-irokas <akasidiari@inf.uth.gr>
-Jakob Gillich <jakob@gillich.me>
-Jan Kuri <jkuri88@gmail.com>
-Jean Bruenn <himself@jeanbruenn.info>
-Jeff Principe <princjef@gmail.com>
-Jeremy Danyow <jedanyow@microsoft.com>
-Jianhui Zhao <jianhuizhao329@gmail.com>
-Joao Moreno <jomo@microsoft.com>
-Joao Moreno <mail@joaomoreno.com>
-Johannes Zellner <johannes@nebulon.de>
-Jon Austin <jon.i.austin@gmail.com>
-Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>
-Jon Masters <jon.masters@sky.com>
-Jörg Breitbart <jerch@rockborn.de>
-Jose Anton <roke22@gmail.com>
-jpoth <poth.john@gmail.com>
-Justin Luk <jluk@users.noreply.github.com>
-Justin Mecham <justin@mecham.me>
-Kirill Merkushev <lanwen@yandex.ru>
-Krasimir Tsonev <krasimir@outset.ws>
-Ledion Bitincka <lbitincka@gmail.com>
-Linus Unnebäck <linus@folkdatorn.se>
-Luca <LucaT1@users.noreply.github.com>
-Lucian Buzzo <lucian.buzzo@gmail.com>
-Lukas Drgon <lukas.drgon@gmail.com>
-Lukas Geiger <lukas.geiger94@gmail.com>
-Maël Nison <nison.mael@gmail.com>
-Marc Dumais <marc.dumais@ericsson.com>
-Marek Libra <mlibra@redhat.com>
-Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <markus@oberhumer.com>
-Martin Chloride <i@martincl2.me>
-Martin Koppehel <martin.koppehel@st.ovgu.de>
-Martin Wang <jiahaow@ca.ibm.com>
-Matt Bierner <matb@microsoft.com>
-Matthew James <matthew.d.james87@gmail.com>
-Michael Irwin <mikesir87@gmail.com>
-Mikko Karvonen <mikko.karvonen@arm.com>
-mofux <t.zilz@mofux.org>
-muji <muji@tmpfs.org>
-Nicolas Ramz <nicolas.ramz@gmail.com>
-npezza93 <npezza93@gmail.com>
-Oleksandr Andriienko <oandriie@redhat.com>
-Paris Kasidiaris <pariskasidiaris@gmail.com>
-Paris Kasidiaris <paris@sourcelair.com>
-Peng Xiao <pengxiao@outlook.com>
-Peter Baumgarten <me@peterbaumgarten.com>
-Philip Olson <philip.olson@protonmail.ch>
-PowerHat <31401273+7PH@users.noreply.github.com>
-PowerHat <b.raymond@protonmail.com>
-pro-src <34285059+pro-src@users.noreply.github.com>
-pro-src <rodneyd.teal@gmail.com>
-Rick Baker <rick@ricktbaker.com>
-runarberg <runar@greenqloud.com>
-Saad Malik <simfox3@gmail.com>
-Samuel Williams <samuel.williams@oriontransfer.co.nz>
-Saswat Das <saswatds@users.noreply.github.com>
-Saul Costa <saul@codevolve.com>
-Segev Finer <segev208@gmail.com>
-Shuanglei Tao <tsl0922@gmail.com>
-sitzmar <sitzmar@gmail.com>
-Steven Silvester <steven.silvester@ieee.org>
-stuicey <stuicey@users.noreply.github.com>
-Sven-Hendrik Haase <svenstaro@gmail.com>
-t-amqi <umberos@gmail.com>
-Thanasis Daglis <thanasis@sourcelair.com>
-thomas <thomas@kreativkonzentrat.de>
-Thomas Zilz <t.zilz@mofux.org>
-Tine Jozelj <tine.jozelj@outlook.com>
-Tyler Jewell <tjewell@codenvy.com>
-Vincent Woo <me@vincentwoo.com>
-Viraj Sinha <virajosinha@gmail.com>
-yutaka <shigure@refy.net>
-YuviPanda <yuvipanda@gmail.com>
-ZHAO Xudong <zxdong@gmail.com>
-赵雪珂 <zhaoxueke@onething.net>
diff --git a/bin/generate-authors b/bin/generate-authors
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index 21446ad492..0000000000
--- a/bin/generate-authors
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env sh
-
-tail --lines=+3 AUTHORS > AUTHORS.tmp
-git log --format='%aN <%aE>' >> AUTHORS.tmp
-echo "List of xterm.js contributors. Updated before every release.\n" > AUTHORS
-sort -u AUTHORS.tmp >> AUTHORS
-rm -f AUTHORS.tmp
diff --git a/bin/prepare-release b/bin/prepare-release
index fed7919e74..53f0947a67 100755
--- a/bin/prepare-release
+++ b/bin/prepare-release
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ CURRENT_PACKAGE_JSON_VERSION=$(cat package.json \
 export BUILD_DIR=dist
 npm run build
 
-# Update AUTHORS file
-sh bin/generate-authors
-
 # Update version in package.json
 sed -i "s/\"version\": \"$CURRENT_PACKAGE_JSON_VERSION\"/\"version\": \"$NEW_VERSION\"/g" package.json