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     python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-You'll need a copy of `conservancy/djangocommonsettings.py`, a file that not
-committed to the repository that has database settings and other
-environment-specific config.
-
 To run the tests, install `pytest-django` and run pytest:
 
     python3 -m pip install pytest-django