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@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Short version
 #. Fork the repository.
 #. Fetch tags from upstream if necessary (if you cloned only main `git fetch --tags https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest`).
 #. Enable and install `pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com>`_ to ensure style-guides and code checks are followed.
-#. Follow `PEP-8 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_ for naming and `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_ for formatting.
+#. Follow `PEP-8 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_ for naming.
 #. Tests are run using ``tox``::
 
     tox -e linting,py39