diff --git a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
--- a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
+++ b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     ('mercurial/default.d/*.rc', 'hgrc.d/'),
     ('mercurial/locale/**/*', 'locale/'),
     ('mercurial/templates/**/*', 'Templates/'),
-    ('CONTRIBUTORS', 'Contributors.txt'),
     ('COPYING', 'Copying.txt'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html b/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html
--- a/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html
+++ b/contrib/win32/ReadMe.html
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@
     </p>
 
     <p>
-      Mercurial is Copyright 2005-2019 Matt Mackall and others. See
-      the <tt>Contributors.txt</tt> file for a list of contributors.
+      Mercurial is Copyright 2005-2019 Matt Mackall and others.
     </p>
 
     <p>