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@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ cookiecutter /path/to/your/checkout/of/python-tooling --checkout <branch-name>
 You can omit the `--checkout` option if you're already on the
 branch you want to test.
 
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 #### Python version support
 
 [![SPEC 0 — Minimum Supported Dependencies](https://img.shields.io/badge/SPEC-0-green?labelColor=%23004811&color=%235CA038)](https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/)
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ We follow Scientific Python's [SPEC0](https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0
 Notably this means our template will support [Python versions for three years after their release](https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/#support-window), and changes to the template are equired to pass tests in all such python versions.
 (See [the CI checks](./.github/workflows/test.yml) for precise details.)
 
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 ### Developing the recommended tooling pages
 
 Pages all live in the `docs/pages` sub-directory, and are written in markdown.