diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e585d024..e75d375b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ GO_LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-X `go list ./version`.Version `git describe --match 'v[0-9
 .DEFAULT: default
 all: AUTHORS clean fmt vet fmt lint build test binaries
 
-AUTHORS: .mailmap .git/ORIG_HEAD .git/FETCH_HEAD .git/HEAD
+AUTHORS: .mailmap .git/HEAD
 	 git log --format='%aN <%aE>' | sort -fu > $@
 
 # This only needs to be generated by hand when cutting full releases.