diff --git a/README b/README
index f75fa536d9..a491c8dce5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ Various tools, such as pygrub, have the following runtime dependencies:
           URL:    https://www.python.org/
           Debian: python
 
-Note that the build system expects `python` to be available. If your system
-only has `python2` or `python3` but not `python` (as in Linux From Scratch),
-you will need to create a symlink for it, or specify PYTHON= when invoking
-make, like (note the position of PYTHON= matters):
-
-    # make PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
-
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