diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -17,7 +17,3 @@ Check out our [documentation on the docs tab](https://github.com/github/atom/doc
   1. `gh-setup atom`
 
   2. `cd ~/github/atom && rake install`
-
-```coffeescript
--> 'hello'
-```