diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
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-The django-analytical package was originally written by `Joost Cassee`_
-and is now maintained by the `Jazzband community`_, with contributions
-from `Eric Davis`_, `Paul Oswald`_, `Uros Trebec`_, `Steven Skoczen`_,
-`Pi Delport`_, `Sandra Mau`_, `Simon Ye`_, `Tinnet Coronam`_,
-`Philippe O. Wagner`_, `Max Arnold`_ , `Martín Gaitán`_, `Craig Bruce`_,
-`Peter Bittner`_, `Scott Adams`_, `Eric Amador`_, `Alexandre Pocquet`_,
-`Brad Pitcher`_, `Hugo Osvaldo Barrera`_, `Nikolay Korotkiy`_,
-`Steve Schwarz`_, `Aleck Landgraf`_, `Marc Bourqui`_,
-`Diederik van der Boor`_, `Matthäus G. Chajdas`_, `Scott Karlin`_
-and others.
-
-Included Javascript code snippets for integration of the analytics
-services were written by the respective service providers.
-
-The application was inspired by and uses ideas from Analytical_, Joshua
-Krall's all-purpose analytics front-end for Rails.
-
-The work on Crazy Egg was made possible by `Bateau Knowledge`_.
-The work on Intercom was made possible by `GreenKahuna`_.
-
-.. _`Joost Cassee`: https://github.com/jcassee
-.. _`Jazzband community`: https://jazzband.co/
-.. _`Eric Davis`: https://github.com/edavis
-.. _`Paul Oswald`: https://github.com/poswald
-.. _`Uros Trebec`: https://github.com/failedguidedog
-.. _`Steven Skoczen`: https://github.com/skoczen
-.. _`Pi Delport`: https://github.com/pjdelport
-.. _`Sandra Mau`: https://github.com/xthepoet
-.. _`Simon Ye`: https://github.com/yesimon
-.. _`Tinnet Coronam`: https://github.com/tinnet
-.. _`Philippe O. Wagner`: mailto:admin@arteria.ch
-.. _`Max Arnold`: https://github.com/max-arnold
-.. _`Martín Gaitán`: https://github.com/mgaitan
-.. _`Craig Bruce`: https://github.com/craigbruce
-.. _`Peter Bittner`: https://github.com/bittner
-.. _`Scott Adams`: https://github.com/7wonders
-.. _`Eric Amador`: https://github.com/amadornimbis
-.. _`Alexandre Pocquet`: https://github.com/apocquet
-.. _`Brad Pitcher`: https://github.com/brad
-.. _`Hugo Osvaldo Barrera`: https://github.com/hobarrera
-.. _`Nikolay Korotkiy`: https://github.com/sikmir
-.. _`Steve Schwarz`: https://github.com/saschwarz
-.. _`Aleck Landgraf`: https://github.com/alecklandgraf
-.. _`Marc Bourqui`: https://github.com/mbourqui
-.. _`Diederik van der Boor`: https://github.com/vdboor
-.. _`Matthäus G. Chajdas`: https://github.com/Anteru
-.. _`Analytical`: https://github.com/jkrall/analytical
-.. _`Bateau Knowledge`: http://www.bateauknowledge.nl/
-.. _`GreenKahuna`: http://www.greenkahuna.com/
-.. _`Scott Karlin`: https://github.com/sckarlin
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 * Remove obsolete type attribute in script tags for JavaScript (Peter Bittner)
 * Drop the end-of-life Python 3.8 as required by changed semantics of the
   license metadata field (Peter Bittner)
+* Remove AUTHORS file to avoid confusion; this is now metadata maintained
+  in pyproject.toml (Peter Bittner)
 
 Version 3.1.0
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