diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ The components you get with the ZODB3 release are as follows:
 - Standard storages such as FileStorage
 - The persistent BTrees modules
 - ZEO
-- Experimental Berkeley storages
 - ZConfig -- a Zope configuration language
 - documentation
 
@@ -50,10 +49,6 @@ be sure that you've installed the development RPMs too, since ZODB3
 builds Python extensions.  If you have the source release of ZODB3,
 you will need a C compiler.
 
-If you intend to use the experimental Berkeley storages, you will need
-to install the Berkeley database software.  It is recommended that you
-use at least Berkeley 4.1.25.
-
 The ZConfig package requires an XML parser with SAX support.  The
 pyexpat module should be sufficient; note that pyexpat requires expat
 be installed.