diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index eecd5a16..4bb7afc6 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,123 +1,5 @@
-This AUTHORS file is generated by ./script/authors.sh
-Thank you to everyone whom has contributed to streamlink / livestreamer.
+Thank you to everyone who has contributed to streamlink / livestreamer.
 
-
-433
-Agustin Carrasco
-Alan Love
-Alexander
-Andreas Streichardt
-Andrew Bashore
-Andy Mikhailenko
-Anton
-Athanasios Oikonomou
-Benedikt Gollatz
-Benoit Dien
-blxd
-Brainzyy
-Brian Callahan
-btimo
-Charlie Drage
-Charmander
-che
-Christopher Rosell
-Chris-Werner Reimer
-chvrn
-CommanderRoot
-Damien D Jones
-Damien Jones
-Daniel Meißner
-Daniel Miranda
-Daniel Wallace
-David Arvelo
-Dominik Dabrowski
-Dominik Sokal
-dotsam
-e00E
-Ed Holohan
-Emil Stahl
-Erik G
-Ethan Jones
-fat deer
-Fat Deer
-fcicq
-Forrest
-Forrest Alvarez
-frontendloader
-Gapato
-Gaspard Jankowiak
-Gijs
-Guillaume Depardon
-hannespetur
-int3l
-intact
-Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz
-Jan Tore Morken
-Javier Cantero
-JaxxC
-Jeremy Symon
-jkieberk
-John Peterson
-John S. Peterson
-Jon Bergli Heier
-Joseph Glanville
-Julian
-Kacper Michajłow
-Kari Hänninen
-kasper93
-kviktor
-livescope
-liz1rgin
-mammothb
-maop
-Marcus Soll
-Martin Panter
-MasterofJOKers
-Mateusz Starzak
-Max Nordlund
-medina
-Michael Cheah
-Michael Copland
-Michael Hoang
-Michiel
-mindhalt
-MonkeyPhysics
-Moritz Blanke
-neutric
-Niall McAndrew
-Niels Kräupl
-nitpicker
-nixx quality
-oyvindln
-papplampe
-Pascal Romahn
-Paul LaMendola
-Pavlos Touboulidis
-ph0o
-pulviscriptor
-Raziel-23
-Robin Schroer
-Ryan Braganza
-Seth Creech
-Simon Bernier St-Pierre
-Stefan
-Stefan Breunig
-steven7851
-Suhail Patel
-Summon528
-SUNAGA Takahiro
-Swirt
-t0mm0
-Tang
-termac
-ToadKing
-Toad King
-trocknet
-undido
-Vitaly Evtushenko
-Warnar Boekkooi
-WeinerRinkler
-whizzoo
-wolftankk
-wormeyman
-yeeeargh
+For a list of contributors, see
+https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/graphs/contributors
+or use the command `git log --format='%aN' | sort -uf`
diff --git a/script/authors.sh b/script/authors.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 61c6eb93..00000000
--- a/script/authors.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This file fill generate and output all authors whom have contributed to the project
-# to the root dir AUTHORS file.
-
-if [ ! -f AUTHORS ]; then
-  echo "AUTHORS file not found. Are you not in the root directory?"
-else
-  echo -e "This AUTHORS file is generated by ./script/authors.sh\nThank you to everyone whom has contributed to streamlink / livestreamer.\n\n" > AUTHORS
-  git log --format='%aN' | sort -u >> AUTHORS
-fi
diff --git a/src/streamlink/__init__.py b/src/streamlink/__init__.py
index 85f2f474..4bd18592 100644
--- a/src/streamlink/__init__.py
+++ b/src/streamlink/__init__.py
@@ -16,59 +16,7 @@ __title__ = "streamlink"
 __license__ = "Simplified BSD"
 __author__ = "Streamlink"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2020 Streamlink"
-__credits__ = [
-    "Agustín Carrasco (@asermax)",
-    "Andrew Bashore (@bashtech)",
-    "Andy Mikhailenko (@neithere)",
-    "Athanasios Oikonomou (@athoik)",
-    "Brian Callahan (@ibara)",
-    "Che (@chhe)",
-    "Christopher Rosell (@streamlink)",
-    "Daniel Meißner (@meise)",
-    "Daniel Miranda (@danielkza)",
-    "Daniel Wallace (@gtmanfred)",
-    "David Arvelo (@darvelo)",
-    "Dominik Dabrowski (@doda)",
-    "Erik G (@tboss)",
-    "Eric J (@wormeyman)",
-    "Ethan Jones (@jonesz)",
-    "Gaspard Jankowiak (@gapato)",
-    "Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz (@jaimeMF)",
-    "Jan Tore Morken (@jantore)",
-    "John Peterson (@john-peterson)",
-    "Jon Bergli Heier (@sn4kebite)",
-    "Joseph Glanville (@josephglanville)",
-    "Julian Richen (@FireDart)",
-    "Kacper (@kasper93)",
-    "Martin Panter (@vadmium)",
-    "Max Nordlund (@maxnordlund)",
-    "Michael Cheah (@cheah)",
-    "Moritz Blanke",
-    "Niall McAndrew (@niallm90)",
-    "Niels Kräupl (@Gamewalker)",
-    "Pascal Romahn (@skulblakka)",
-    "Sam Edwards (@dotsam)",
-    "Stefan Breunig (@breunigs)",
-    "Suhail Patel (@suhailpatel)",
-    "Sunaga Takahiro (@sunaga720)",
-    "Vitaly Evtushenko (@eltiren)",
-    "Warnar Boekkooi (@boekkooi)",
-    "@blxd",
-    "@btiom",
-    "@daslicious",
-    "@MasterofJOKers",
-    "@mammothb",
-    "@medina",
-    "@monkeyphysics",
-    "@nixxquality",
-    "@papplampe",
-    "@Raziel-23",
-    "@t0mm0",
-    "@ToadKing",
-    "@unintended",
-    "@wolftankk",
-    "@yeeeargh"
-]
+__credits__ = ["https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/blob/master/AUTHORS"]
 
 from .api import streams
 from .exceptions import (StreamlinkError, PluginError, NoStreamsError,