diff --git a/hgext/remotefilelog/README.md b/hgext/remotefilelog/README.md
--- a/hgext/remotefilelog/README.md
+++ b/hgext/remotefilelog/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
     [extensions]
     remotefilelog=path/to/remotefilelog/remotefilelog
 
-The extension currently has a hard dependency on lz4, so the [lz4 python library](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lz4) must be installed on both servers and clients.
-
 Configuring
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