diff --git a/bin/2bld.cmd b/bin/2bld.cmd
index bf2a64ae4..9d18f6327 100644
--- a/bin/2bld.cmd
+++ b/bin/2bld.cmd
@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
 
 rem build TiddlyWiki 2.x
 
-rem Prepare the readme file from the revelant content in the tw5.com wiki
-
-node .\tiddlywiki.js ^
-	editions\tw5.com ^
-	--verbose ^
-	--output editions\tw2 ^
-	--rendertiddler TiddlyWiki2ReadMe readme.md text/html ^
-	|| exit 1
-
 rem cook the TiddlyWiki 2.x.x index file
 
 node .\tiddlywiki.js ^
diff --git a/bin/2bld.sh b/bin/2bld.sh
index e0b8d30c1..530466540 100755
--- a/bin/2bld.sh
+++ b/bin/2bld.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
 
 # build TiddlyWiki 2.x
 
-# Prepare the readme file from the revelant content in the tw5.com wiki
-
-node ./tiddlywiki.js \
-	editions/tw5.com \
-	--verbose \
-	--output editions/tw2 \
-	--rendertiddler TiddlyWiki2ReadMe readme.md text/html \
-	|| exit 1
-
 # cook the TiddlyWiki 2.x.x index file
 
 node ./tiddlywiki.js \
diff --git a/editions/tw2/readme.md b/editions/tw2/readme.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5eaadaea2..000000000
--- a/editions/tw2/readme.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<h1 class=''>Building <span>TiddlyWikiClassic</span></h1><p><span>TiddlyWiki5</span> can be used to build older 2.x.x versions of <span>TiddlyWikiClassic</span> from their constituent components. Doing so involves these  features:</p><ul><li>The <code>tiddlywiki/classictools</code> plugin, containing a deserializer module which allows tiddlers to be loaded from <span>TiddlyWiki</span> 2.x.x <code>.recipe</code> files</li><li>The <code>stripcomments</code> format for the <span>ViewWidget</span>, which strips single line <span>JavaScript</span> comments starting <code>//#</code></li><li>The <code>stripTitlePrefix='yes'</code> attribute of the <span>FieldsWidget</span>, which removes prefixes wrapped in curly braces from the <code>title</code> attribute<ul><li>For example, <code>{tiddler}HelloThere</code> would be transformed to <code>HelloThere</code></li></ul></li></ul><h1 class=''>Usage</h1><p><span>TiddlyWikiClassic</span> is built from the command line by running <span>TiddlyWiki on Node.js</span>. A typical usage would be:</p><pre><code>node ../../tiddlywiki.js \
-	--verbose \
-	--load &lt;path_to_recipe_file&gt; \
-	--rendertiddler $:/core/templates/tiddlywiki2.template.html &lt;path_to_write_index_file&gt; text/plain \
-	|| exit 1</code></pre>
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