diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index d495fa24cc..9a2f7782cc 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,43 +18,8 @@ add_custom_command(
 		${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/AUTHORS
 )
 
-add_custom_command(
-	OUTPUT AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
-	COMMAND ${PERL_EXECUTABLE}
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/make-authors-format.pl
-		< ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT
-		> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
-	DEPENDS
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/make-authors-format.pl
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT
-)
-
-if(WIN32)
-	file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wireshark.pod.template WPT_WIN_PATH)
-	file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT ASF_WIN_PATH)
-	file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/wireshark.pod WP_WIN_PATH)
-	add_custom_command(
-		OUTPUT wireshark.pod
-		COMMAND copy /B ${WPT_WIN_PATH} + ${ASF_WIN_PATH} ${WP_WIN_PATH}
-		DEPENDS
-			${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wireshark.pod.template
-			${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
-	)
-else()
-	add_custom_command(
-		OUTPUT wireshark.pod
-		COMMAND cat
-			${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wireshark.pod.template
-			${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
-			> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/wireshark.pod
-		DEPENDS
-			${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wireshark.pod.template
-			${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
-	)
-endif()
-
-pod2manhtml(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/wireshark   1)
 
+pod2manhtml(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wireshark   1)
 pod2manhtml(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/androiddump 1)
 pod2manhtml(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/capinfos    1)
 pod2manhtml(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/captype     1)
@@ -203,7 +168,6 @@ add_custom_target(
 	docs ALL
 	DEPENDS
 		${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
 		${MAN1_INSTALL_FILES}
 		${MAN4_INSTALL_FILES}
 		${HTML_INSTALL_FILES}
diff --git a/doc/make-authors-format.pl b/doc/make-authors-format.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 09a74df9ba..0000000000
--- a/doc/make-authors-format.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Convert AUTHORS-SHORT file for use in man page and HTML documentation
-# after processing through pod2man and pod2html.
-#
-# Copyright 2004 Graeme Hewson <ghewson@wormhole.me.uk>
-#
-# Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
-# By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
-# Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-#
-
-use strict;
-use open qw(:std :utf8);
-
-# This might not be necessary.
-print "=for html <style>div#authors pre, div#authors pre code { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style>\n\n";
-print "=for html <div id=authors>\n\n";
-
-print "=for man .nf\n\n";
-
-while (<>) {
-	printline();
-}
-
-print "\n=for html </div>\n";
-print "\n=for man .fi\n";
-
-sub printline {
-	my $line = shift || $_;
-
-	if ($line =~ /^=/) {
-		#
-		# Convert Asciidoctor-style headings to Pod.
-		#
-		$line =~ s/^= /=head2 /;
-		$line =~ s/\s*=+$//;
-		print $line;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if ($line =~ /<\S+\[AT\]\S+>$/i or $line =~ /address removed.*\)/) {
-		# Make the author lists verbatim paragraphs.
-		$line = "    " . $line;
-	}
-
-	if ($line =~ /^and by:/) {
-		# This needs to be a regular paragraph.
-		$line = "\n" . $line;
-	}
-
-	print $line;
-}
diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod
similarity index 99%
rename from doc/wireshark.pod.template
rename to doc/wireshark.pod
index ad098b5c5e..d1fecb5030 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template
+++ b/doc/wireshark.pod
@@ -2952,6 +2952,12 @@ log domains and takes precedence over the active domains filter.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Wireshark would not be the powerful, featureful application it is without the generous contributions of hundreds of developers.
+
+A complete list of authors can be found in the AUTHORS file in Wireshark's source code repository and at L<https://www.wireshark.org/about.html#authors>.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 wireshark-filter(4), tshark(1), editcap(1), pcap(3), dumpcap(1), mergecap(1),
@@ -2964,7 +2970,3 @@ L<https://www.wireshark.org>.
 
 HTML versions of the Wireshark project man pages are available at:
 L<https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages>.
-
-=head1 AUTHORS
-
-