diff --git a/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt b/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt
index 5a02d21968..4cda33656d 100644
--- a/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt
+++ b/docs/process/branching-checklist.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 v=4.1
 ov=4.0
 
-##* tag branchpoint
-##        hg tag $v.0-branched
-##        hg sign -k 'Xen tree' 4.1.0-branched
-
 * make branch in qemu-iwj.git
         git-branch $v-testing master