diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+* Chris Wanstrath
+* David Reese
+* Jeff Hodges
+* Jon Yurek
+* Matt Freels
+* Myles Eftos
+* Nick Quaranto
+* Pat Nakajima
+* Rob Sanheim
+* Scott Taylor
+* Tymon Tobolski
+* msassak
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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@@ -73,23 +73,6 @@ Installation
     $ rip install git://github.com/defunkt/fakefs.git
 
 
-Contributors
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-
-* Chris Wanstrath
-* David Reese
-* Jeff Hodges
-* Jon Yurek
-* Matt Freels
-* Myles Eftos
-* Nick Quaranto
-* Pat Nakajima
-* Rob Sanheim
-* Scott Taylor
-* Tymon Tobolski
-* msassak
-
-
 Meta
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