diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
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index 25d201d..0000000
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Authors
--------
-
-DataCite is developed for use in `Invenio <http://inveniosoftware.org>`_
-digital library software.
-
-Contact us at `info@inveniosoftware.org <mailto:info@inveniosoftware.org>`_
-
-Contributors
-^^^^^^^^^^^^
-* Lars Holm Nielsen <lars.holm.nielsen@cern.ch>
-* Laura Rueda Garcia <laura.rueda@cern.ch>
-* Jiri Kuncar <jiri.kuncar@cern.ch>
-* Sami Hiltunen <sami.mikael.hiltunen@cern.ch>
-* Tibor Simko <tibor.simko@cern.ch>
-* Rémi Ducceschi <remi.ducceschi@gmail.com>
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Lars Holm Nielsen <lars.holm.nielsen@cern.ch> (@lnielsen)
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 9a0394e..ffad68d 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Please see the `DataCite Testing guide <https://support.datacite.org/docs/testin
 know how to test this client with your test credentials.
 
 DataCite API Wrappers
-===================
+============================
 
 .. automodule:: datacite
    :members:
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@ License
     granted to it by virtue of its status as an Intergovernmental Organization
     or submit itself to any jurisdiction.
 
-.. include:: ../AUTHORS.rst
+Thank you to all the `contributors <https://github.com/inveniosoftware/datacite/graphs/contributors>`!