diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ Rafael Ubal, Amane Uehara, Pablo Ventura, Xi Wang, WaheedHafez,
 Keiichi Watanabe, Lucas Wolf, Nicolas Wolovick, wxdao, Grant Wu, x653,
 Jindong Zhang, Icenowy Zheng, ZhUyU1997, and Zou Chang Wei.
 
-The code in the files that constitute xv6 is
-Copyright 2006-2024 Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Russ Cox.
-
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