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@@ -18,51 +18,7 @@ Atom will automatically update when a new release is available.
 
 ## Building
 
-
-### OS X Requirements
-  * OS X 10.8 or later
-  * [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) v0.10.x
-  * Command Line Tools for [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/) (run `xcode-select --install` to install)
-
-  ```sh
-  git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
-  cd atom
-  script/build # Creates application at /Applications/Atom.app
-  ```
-
-### Linux Requirements
-  * Ubuntu LTS 12.04 64-bit is the recommended platform
-  * OS with 64-bit architecture
-  * [node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) v0.10.x
-  * [npm](http://www.npmjs.org/) v1.4.x
-  * `sudo apt-get install libgnome-keyring-dev`
-  * `npm config set python /usr/bin/python2 -g` to ensure that gyp uses Python 2
-
-  ```sh
-  git clone https://github.com/atom/atom
-  cd atom
-  script/build # Creates application at /tmp/atom-build/Atom
-  sudo script/grunt install # Installs command to /usr/local/bin/atom
-  script/grunt mkdeb # Generates a .deb package at /tmp/atom-build
-  ```
-
-### Windows Requirements
-  * Windows 7 or later
-  * [Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Express](http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#DownloadFamilies_4)
-  * [node.js - 32bit](http://nodejs.org/download/) v0.10.x
-  * [Python 2.7.x](http://www.python.org/download/)
-  * [GitHub for Windows](http://windows.github.com/)
-  * [Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/download/win)
-    * Select the option **Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt** when installing (Git needs to be in your `PATH`)
-  * Clone [atom/atom](https://github.com/atom/atom/) to `C:\Users\<user>\github\atom\`
-  * Add `C:\Python27;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Users\<user>\github\atom\node_modules\`
-    to your PATH
-  * Open the Windows GitHub shell
-
-  ```bat
-  cd C:\Users\<user>\github\atom
-  script\build
-  ```
+See the [build instructions](docs/advanced/build-instructions) docs.
 
 ## Developing
 Check out the [guides](https://atom.io/docs/latest) and the [API reference](https://atom.io/docs/api).