diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
rename to CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f52d915005..c75570acde2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Most contributions are based on and merged into these branches:
   deemed of sufficiently high quality
 
 For more information about contributing to the project, please visit
-the [contributing page](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+the [contributing page](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 # Donations
 
diff --git a/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md b/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md
index e360dba5abd..4b4b0411821 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/submitting-changes.chapter.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 - Push your changes to your fork of nixpkgs.
 - Create the pull request
-- Follow [the contribution guidelines](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#submitting-changes).
+- Follow [the contribution guidelines](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#submitting-changes).
 
 ## Submitting security fixes {#submitting-changes-submitting-security-fixes}
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ It’s important to test any executables generated by a build when you change or
 
 ### Meets Nixpkgs contribution standards {#submitting-changes-contribution-standards}
 
-The last checkbox is fits [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md). The contributing document has detailed information on standards the Nix community has for commit messages, reviews, licensing of contributions you make to the project, etc\... Everyone should read and understand the standards the community has for contributing before submitting a pull request.
+The last checkbox is fits [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). The contributing document has detailed information on standards the Nix community has for commit messages, reviews, licensing of contributions you make to the project, etc\... Everyone should read and understand the standards the community has for contributing before submitting a pull request.
 
 ## Hotfixing pull requests {#submitting-changes-hotfixing-pull-requests}