diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -71,15 +71,6 @@ You can also use the excellent [`tox`][tox] testing tool to run the tests agains
 
     tox
 
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-**Note**: If you run `tox` followed by `./runtests.py` you _may_ encounter a "bad marshall data" error as `pytest` attempts to read `.pyc` files from an incompatible Python version. To clear the offending `.pyc` files run:
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-    $ find . -name '*.pyc' -delete
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 ## Pull requests
 
 It's a good idea to make pull requests early on.  A pull request represents the start of a discussion, and doesn't necessarily need to be the final, finished submission.
diff --git a/docs/topics/contributing.md b/docs/topics/contributing.md
index 8be753f2b..4fafb1b1e 100644
--- a/docs/topics/contributing.md
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@@ -105,15 +105,6 @@ You can also use the excellent [tox][tox] testing tool to run the tests against
 
     tox
 
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-
-**Note**: If you run `tox` followed by `./runtests.py` you _may_ encounter a "bad marshall data" error as `pytest` attempts to read `.pyc` files from an incompatible Python version. To clear the offending `.pyc` files run:
-
-    $ find . -name '*.pyc' -delete
-
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-
-
 ## Pull requests
 
 It's a good idea to make pull requests early on.  A pull request represents the start of a discussion, and doesn't necessarily need to be the final, finished submission.