diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b2b6730..eb01ad65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ ChangeLog
 cscope.out
 horizon
 savannadashboard/tests/configs/config.conf
+AUTHORS
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
deleted file mode 100644
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Alexander Ignatov <aignatov@mirantis.com>
-Alexander Kuznetsov <akuznetsov@mirantis.com>
-Andrew Lazarev <alazarev@mirantis.com>
-Chad Roberts <croberts@redhat.com>
-Dmitry Mescheryakov <dmescheryakov@mirantis.com>
-James E. Blair <jeblair@openstack.org>
-Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>
-Matthew Farrellee <matt@redhat.com>
-Nadya Privalova <nprivalova@mirantis.com>
-Nikita Konovalov <nkonovalov@mirantis.com>
-Nikolay Mahotkin <nmakhotkin@mirantis.com>
-Sergey Lukjanov <slukjanov@mirantis.com>
-Sergey Reshetnyak <sreshetniak@mirantis.com>
-Vadim Rovachev <vrovachev@mirantis.com>