diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7eaaa35914..5729d5e4ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ epan/dissectors/dcerpc/*-stamp
 ########
 doc/*.html
 doc/*.[14]
-doc/AUTHORS-SHORT
 doc/ws.css
 docbook/developer-guide*.xml
 docbook/user-guide*.xml
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53e73670a8..0fc9129857 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1952,9 +1952,6 @@ if (BUILD_logray)
 endif()
 
 if (ASCIIDOCTOR_FOUND)
-	list(APPEND INSTALL_FILES
-		${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/AUTHORS-SHORT
-	)
 	list(APPEND DOC_FILES
 		${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/androiddump.html
 		${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/udpdump.html
diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore
index 768867f6a0..e9da6f07c8 100644
--- a/doc/.gitignore
+++ b/doc/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,3 @@
 *.html
 *.tmp
 wireshark.pod
-
-# Misc #
-########
-AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index f18bc727c7..04671f84e5 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,17 +9,6 @@
 
 find_package( Asciidoctor 1.5 )
 
-add_custom_command(
-	OUTPUT AUTHORS-SHORT
-	COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/make-authors-short.py
-		< ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/AUTHORS
-		> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT
-	DEPENDS
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/make-authors-short.py
-		${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/AUTHORS
-)
-
 set(MAN1_SOURCE_FILES)
 set(MAN4_SOURCE_FILES)
 set(MAN1_INSTALL_FILES)
@@ -110,7 +99,6 @@ endif()
 add_custom_target(
 	docs ALL
 	DEPENDS
-		${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/AUTHORS-SHORT
 		${MAN1_INSTALL_FILES}
 		${MAN4_INSTALL_FILES}
 		${HTML_INSTALL_FILES}
diff --git a/packaging/nsis/logray.nsi b/packaging/nsis/logray.nsi
index e923fa0269..85d6d953ab 100644
--- a/packaging/nsis/logray.nsi
+++ b/packaging/nsis/logray.nsi
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ File "${STAGING_DIR}\COPYING.txt"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\NEWS.txt"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\README.txt"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\README.windows.txt"
-File "${STAGING_DIR}\AUTHORS-SHORT"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\manuf"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\wka"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\services"
diff --git a/packaging/nsis/wireshark.nsi b/packaging/nsis/wireshark.nsi
index 7c06c51168..872e4c9aad 100644
--- a/packaging/nsis/wireshark.nsi
+++ b/packaging/nsis/wireshark.nsi
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ File "${STAGING_DIR}\COPYING.txt"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\NEWS.txt"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\README.txt"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\README.windows.txt"
-File "${STAGING_DIR}\AUTHORS-SHORT"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\manuf"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\wka"
 File "${STAGING_DIR}\services"
diff --git a/packaging/wix/ComponentGroups.wxi b/packaging/wix/ComponentGroups.wxi
index bca026e8f3..f52a9756c1 100644
--- a/packaging/wix/ComponentGroups.wxi
+++ b/packaging/wix/ComponentGroups.wxi
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
         <Component Id="cmpREADME_windows_txt" Guid="*">
           <File Id="filREADME_windows_txt" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.Staging.Dir)\README.windows.txt" />
         </Component>
-        <Component Id="cmpAUTHORS_SHORT" Guid="*">
-          <File Id="filAUTHORS_SHORT" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.Staging.Dir)\AUTHORS-SHORT" />
-        </Component>
         <Component Id="cmpManuf" Guid="*">
           <File Id="filManuf" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.Staging.Dir)\manuf" />
         </Component>
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@
         <ComponentRef Id="cmpNEWS_txt" />
         <ComponentRef Id="cmpREADME_txt" />
         <ComponentRef Id="cmpREADME_windows_txt" />
-        <ComponentRef Id="cmpAUTHORS_SHORT" />
         <ComponentRef Id="cmpManuf" />
         <ComponentRef Id="cmpWka" />
         <ComponentRef Id="cmpServices" />
diff --git a/doc/make-authors-short.py b/tools/make-authors-csv.py
similarity index 57%
rename from doc/make-authors-short.py
rename to tools/make-authors-csv.py
index 08b56e98d3..b3c82b5e4a 100755
--- a/doc/make-authors-short.py
+++ b/tools/make-authors-csv.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
-# Generate the AUTHORS-SHORT file.
-# Ported from make-authors-short.pl, copyright 2004 Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>
-#
-# By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org
+# Generate the authors.csv file.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 #
@@ -16,11 +13,10 @@ import io
 import re
 import sys
 
-def main():
-    stdinu8 = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdin.buffer, encoding='utf8')
-    stdoutu8 = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, encoding='utf8')
-    stderru8 = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stderr.buffer, encoding='utf8')
+
+def remove_tasks(stdinu8):
     in_subinfo = False
+    all_lines = []
 
     # Assume the first line is blank and skip it. make-authors-short.pl
     # skipped over the UTF-8 BOM as well. Do we need to do that here?
@@ -32,18 +28,36 @@ def main():
         sub_m = re.search(r'(.*?)\s*\{', line)
         if sub_m:
             in_subinfo = True
-            stdoutu8.write(sub_m.group(1) + '\n')
+            all_lines.append(sub_m.group(1))
         elif '}' in line:
             in_subinfo = False
             nextline = next(stdinu8)
             if not re.match('^\s*$', nextline):
-                if '{' in nextline:
-                    stderru8.write("No blank line after '}', found " + nextline)
-                stdoutu8.write(nextline)
+                # if '{' in nextline:
+                #    stderru8.write("No blank line after '}', found " + nextline)
+                all_lines.append(nextline)
         elif in_subinfo:
             continue
         else:
-            stdoutu8.write(line)
+            all_lines.append(line)
+    return all_lines
+
+
+def main():
+    stdinu8 = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdin.buffer, encoding='utf8')
+    stdoutu8 = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, encoding='utf8')
+    stderru8 = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stderr.buffer, encoding='utf8')
+
+    lines = remove_tasks(stdinu8)
+    patt = re.compile("(.*)[<(]([\\s'a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+(\\[[Aa][Tt]\\])?[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+)[>)]")
+
+    for line in lines:
+        match = patt.match(line)
+        if match:
+            name = match.group(1).strip()
+            mail = match.group(2).strip().replace("[AT]", "@")
+            stdoutu8.write("{},{}\n".format(name, mail))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 0915cea22c..2326f56d9f 100644
--- a/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ui/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -655,6 +655,24 @@ foreach(_file ${WIRESHARK_QT_TS})
 endforeach()
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/i18n.qrc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/i18n.qrc)
 
+file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/authors.qrc"
+"<RCC>\n"
+"    <qresource prefix=\"/about\">\n"
+"        <file compress-algo=\"zstd\">authors.csv</file>\n"
+"    </qresource>\n"
+"</RCC>\n"
+)
+
+add_custom_command(
+	OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/authors.csv
+	COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/make-authors-csv.py
+			< ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/AUTHORS
+			> ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/authors.csv
+	DEPENDS
+		${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/make-authors-csv.py
+		${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/AUTHORS
+)
+
 set(WIRESHARK_QT_QRC
 	../../resources/about.qrc
 	../../resources/languages/languages.qrc
@@ -662,6 +680,8 @@ set(WIRESHARK_QT_QRC
 	../../resources/stock_icons.qrc
 	../../resources/wsicon.qrc
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/i18n.qrc
+	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/authors.qrc
+	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/authors.csv
 )
 
 if(NOT Qt${qtver}Widgets_VERSION VERSION_LESS "5.9")
diff --git a/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp b/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp
index 6d2b2b7ef9..e1b32f9cfb 100644
--- a/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp
+++ b/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ AStringListListModel(parent)
 {
     QFile f_authors;
 
-    f_authors.setFileName(get_datafile_path("AUTHORS-SHORT"));
+    f_authors.setFileName(":/about/authors.csv");
     f_authors.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text);
     QTextStream ReadFile_authors(&f_authors);
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
@@ -78,18 +78,11 @@ AStringListListModel(parent)
     ReadFile_authors.setCodec("UTF-8");
 #endif
 
-    QRegularExpression rx("(.*)[<(]([\\s'a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+(\\[[Aa][Tt]\\])?[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+)[>)]");
     while (!ReadFile_authors.atEnd()) {
-        QString line = ReadFile_authors.readLine();
+        QStringList entry = ReadFile_authors.readLine().split(",", Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
 
-        if (line.trimmed().length() == 0)
-                continue;
-        if (line.startsWith("------"))
-            continue;
-
-        QRegularExpressionMatch match = rx.match(line);
-        if (match.hasMatch()) {
-            appendRow(QStringList() << match.captured(1).trimmed() << match.captured(2).trimmed());
+        if (entry.size() == 2) {
+            appendRow(entry);
         }
     }
     f_authors.close();
diff --git a/wsutil/filesystem.c b/wsutil/filesystem.c
index f1fb58805f..2785ca6baf 100644
--- a/wsutil/filesystem.c
+++ b/wsutil/filesystem.c
@@ -2115,9 +2115,7 @@ get_persconffile_path(const char *filename, gboolean from_profile)
 char *
 get_datafile_path(const char *filename)
 {
-    if (running_in_build_directory_flag &&
-        (!strcmp(filename, "AUTHORS-SHORT") ||
-         !strcmp(filename, "hosts"))) {
+    if (running_in_build_directory_flag && !strcmp(filename, "hosts")) {
         /* We're running in the build directory and the requested file is a
          * generated (or a test) file.  Return the file name in the build
          * directory (not in the source/data directory).