diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f4dbc80f4d0..15550f2438c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@ INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
 
 STRING(TOUPPER          "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}" PROJECT_NAME_UCASE)
 
-# Timestamp available since cmake 2.8.11
-IF(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.11")
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND date +%Y OUTPUT_VARIABLE PROJECT_YEAR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-ELSE()
-	STRING(TIMESTAMP        PROJECT_YEAR "%Y")
-ENDIF()
+# Updated by maintenance tasks
+SET(PROJECT_YEAR 2015)
 
 SET(PROJECT_AUTHOR      "LMMS Developers")
 SET(PROJECT_URL         "http://lmms.io")
@@ -462,22 +458,6 @@ FILE(REMOVE include/lmmsconfig.h)
 FILE(GLOB LMMS_INCLUDES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*.h")
 LIST(SORT LMMS_INCLUDES)
 
-# Get list of all committers from git history, ordered by number of commits.
-# The CONTRIBUTORS file is used by AboutDialog. This information can be provided
-# with -DCONTRIBUTORS=/path/to/CONTRIBUTORS instead. For instance, to generate
-# this file for version 1.1.3, the command is:
-# 	git shortlog -sne v1.1.3 | cut -c8-
-FIND_PACKAGE(Git)
-IF(GIT_FOUND AND NOT CONTRIBUTORS)
-	SET(CONTRIBUTORS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CONTRIBUTORS")
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-		COMMAND "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" shortlog -sne
-		COMMAND cut -c8-
-		OUTPUT_FILE "${CONTRIBUTORS}"
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
-		TIMEOUT 1)
-ENDIF()
-
 # embedded resources stuff
 IF(WIN32 OR WIN64)
 	# compile buildtools native
diff --git a/doc/CONTRIBUTORS b/doc/CONTRIBUTORS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 563d240a901..aee41bfb3a0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ IF(WIN32)
 				DEPENDS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.rc")
 ENDIF()
 
-SET(lmms_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/AUTHORS" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt" "${CONTRIBUTORS}")
+SET(lmms_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES
+	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/AUTHORS"
+	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt"
+	"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/CONTRIBUTORS")
 SET(LMMS_ER_H "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/embedded_resources.h")
 ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT "${LMMS_ER_H}" COMMAND "${BIN2RES}" ARGS ${lmms_EMBEDDED_RESOURCES} > "\"${LMMS_ER_H}\"" DEPENDS bin2res)