diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 002110719e..6d0fda3c48 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ PKGS ?= $(shell go list -tags "${NOTARY_BUILDTAGS}" ./... | grep -v /vendor/ | t
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR: cover
 .DEFAULT: default
 
-all: AUTHORS clean lint build test binaries
-
-AUTHORS: .git/HEAD
-	git log --format='%aN <%aE>' | sort -fu > $@
+all: clean lint build test binaries
 
 # This only needs to be generated by hand when cutting full releases.
 version/version.go: