diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92e7b32..a9e3d71 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 
 name = "cgmath"
-version = "0.17.0"
-authors = ["Brendan Zabarauskas <bjzaba@yahoo.com.au>"]
+version = "0.18.0"
+authors = ["Rust game-developers"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 description = "A linear algebra and mathematics library for computer graphics."
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ num-traits = "0.2"
 # small_rng used only for benchmarks
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde_derive"], optional = true }
-simd = { version = "0.2", optional = true }  # works only in rust toolchain up to 1.32
+# works only in rust toolchain up to 1.32, disabled indefinitely
+#simd = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-# glium = "0.23"  # causes problems with nightly-2019-01-01 needed for testing "simd"
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa22009..d247a7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,9 +80,3 @@ Pull requests are most welcome, especially in the realm of performance
 enhancements and fixing any mistakes I may have made along the way. Unit tests
 and benchmarks are also required, so help on that front would be most
 appreciated.
-
-## Support
-
-Contact `bjz` on irc.mozilla.org [#rust](http://mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust)
-and [#rust-gamedev](http://mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-gamedev),
-or [post an issue](https://github.com/bjz/cgmath/issues/new) on Github.