diff --git a/zcutil/release-notes.py b/zcutil/release-notes.py
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--- a/zcutil/release-notes.py
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@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-import re, os, os.path
-import subprocess
-import argparse
-from itertools import islice
-from operator import itemgetter
-
-TEMP_RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER = [
-    '(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to\n',
-    'release-notes at release time)\n',
-    '\n',
-    'Notable changes\n',
-    '===============\n',
-    '\n',
-]
-
-RELEASE_NOTES_CHANGELOG_HEADING = [
-    'Changelog\n',
-    '=========\n',
-    '\n',
-]
-
-author_aliases = {
-    'Simon': 'Simon Liu',
-    'bitcartel': 'Simon Liu',
-    'EthanHeilman': 'Ethan Heilman',
-}
-
-def apply_author_aliases(name):
-    if name in author_aliases:
-        return author_aliases[name]
-    else:
-        return name
-
-def parse_authors(line):
-    commit_search = re.search('\((\d+)\)', line)
-    if commit_search:
-        commits = commit_search.group(1)
-    else:
-        commits = 0
-    name = re.sub(' \(\d+\)|:|\n|\r\n$', '', line)
-    return name, commits
-
-def alias_authors_in_release_notes(line):
-    for key in author_aliases:
-        if re.match(key, line):
-            line = line.replace(key, author_aliases[key])
-            break
-    return line
-
-## Returns dict of {'author': #_of_commits} from a release note
-def authors_in_release_notes(filename):
-    note = os.path.join(doc_dir, 'release-notes', filename)
-    with open(note, 'r') as f:
-        authors = {}
-        line = f.readline()
-        first_name, commits = parse_authors(line)
-        authors[apply_author_aliases(first_name)] = commits
-        for line in f:
-            if line in ['\n', '\r\n']:
-                for author in islice(f, 1):
-                    name, commits = parse_authors(author)
-                    authors[apply_author_aliases(name)] = commits
-        return authors
-
-## Sums commits made by contributors in each Zcash release note in ./doc/release-notes and writes to authors.md
-def document_authors():
-    print "Writing contributors documented in release-notes directory to authors.md."
-    authors_file = os.path.join(doc_dir, 'authors.md')
-    with open(authors_file, 'w') as f:
-        f.write('Zcash Contributors\n==================\n\n')
-        total_contrib = {}
-        for notes in os.listdir(os.path.join(doc_dir, 'release-notes')):
-            # Commits are duplicated across beta, RC and final release notes,
-            # except for the pre-launch release notes.
-            if ('-beta' in notes or '-rc' in notes) and '1.0.0-' not in notes:
-                continue
-            authors = authors_in_release_notes(notes)
-            for author in authors:
-                commits = int(authors[author])
-                if author in total_contrib:
-                    total_contrib[author] += commits
-                else:
-                    total_contrib[author] = commits
-        sorted_contrib = sorted(total_contrib.items(), key=itemgetter(1, 0), reverse=True)
-        for n, c in sorted_contrib:
-            if c != 0:
-                f.write("{0} ({1})\n".format(n, c))
-
-## Writes release note to ./doc/release-notes based on git shortlog when current version number is specified
-def generate_release_note(version, prev, clear):
-    filename = 'release-notes-{0}.md'.format(version)
-    print "Automatically generating release notes for {0} from git shortlog. Should review {1} for accuracy.".format(version, filename)
-    if prev:
-        latest_tag = prev
-    else:
-        # fetches latest tags, so that latest_tag will be correct
-        subprocess.Popen(['git fetch -t'], shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-        latest_tag = subprocess.Popen(['git describe --abbrev=0'], shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0].strip()
-    print "Previous release tag: ", latest_tag
-    notes = subprocess.Popen(['git shortlog --no-merges {0}..HEAD'.format(latest_tag)], shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-    lines = notes.split('\n')
-    lines = [alias_authors_in_release_notes(line) for line in lines]
-    temp_release_note = os.path.join(doc_dir, 'release-notes.md')
-    with open(temp_release_note, 'r') as f:
-        notable_changes = f.readlines()
-        # Assumes that all notable changes are appended to the default header
-        if len(notable_changes) > 6:
-            notable_changes = notable_changes[3:] + ['\n']
-        else:
-            notable_changes = []
-    release_note = os.path.join(doc_dir, 'release-notes', filename)
-    with open(release_note, 'w') as f:
-        f.writelines(notable_changes)
-        f.writelines(RELEASE_NOTES_CHANGELOG_HEADING)
-        f.writelines('\n'.join(lines))
-    if clear:
-        # Clear temporary release notes file
-        with open(temp_release_note, 'w') as f:
-            f.writelines(TEMP_RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER)
-
-def main(version, prev, clear):
-    if version != None:
-        generate_release_note(version, prev, clear)
-    document_authors()
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('--version', help='Upcoming version, without leading v')
-    parser.add_argument('--prev', help='Previous version, with leading v')
-    parser.add_argument('--clear', help='Wipe doc/release-notes.md', action='store_true')
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
-    doc_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, 'doc')
-    version = None
-    prev = None
-    clear = False
-    if args.version:
-        version = args.version
-        prev = args.prev
-        clear = args.clear
-    main(version, prev, clear)