diff --git a/scripts/release/README.md b/scripts/release/README.md
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@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 ## Usage
 
 ```sh
-# set environment variable GITHUB_API_TOKEN if it's a patch release
-# since we need to get merged PRs from GitHub to generate changelog
 node ./scripts/release/release.js --version NEW_VERSION
 ```