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@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ An implementation of EDTF format in Python, together with utility functions for
 
 See <http://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/> for the final draft specification.
 
-This project is based on python-edtf and was developed to include the newest specification
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 ## To install
 
 ```shell