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@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ SciTran Core is a RESTful HTTP API, written in Python and backed by MongoDB. It
 $ ./bin/run-dev-osx.sh --help
 ```
 
-For the best experience, please upgrade to a recent version of bash.
-```
-brew install bash bash-completion
-sudo dscl . -create /Users/$(whoami) UserShell /usr/local/bin/bash
-```
-
 #### Ubuntu
 ```
 mkvirtualenv scitran-core