diff --git a/src/building/how-to-build-and-run.md b/src/building/how-to-build-and-run.md
index 6b1b650ad..b82ed392e 100644
--- a/src/building/how-to-build-and-run.md
+++ b/src/building/how-to-build-and-run.md
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 The compiler is built using a tool called `x.py`. You will need to
 have Python installed to run it.
 
-For instructions on how to install Python and other prerequisites,
-see [the `rust-lang/rust` README][readme].
-
 ## Get the source code
 
 The main repository is [`rust-lang/rust`][repo]. This contains the compiler,
@@ -15,7 +12,6 @@ the standard library (including `core`, `alloc`, `test`, `proc_macro`, etc),
 and a bunch of tools (e.g. `rustdoc`, the bootstrapping infrastructure, etc).
 
 [repo]: /~https://github.com/rust-lang/rust
-[readme]: /~https://github.com/rust-lang/rust#building-on-a-unix-like-system
 
 The very first step to work on `rustc` is to clone the repository: