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@@ -32,25 +32,6 @@ Run eselect repository from `app-eselect/eselect-repository`:
 $ eselect repository enable holgersson-overlay
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-=== Using layman
-
-Run layman from `app-portage/layman`:
-
-[source,shell]
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-$ layman -a holgersson-overlay
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-
-and optional for global updates:
-
-[source,shell]
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-$ layman -S
-$ emerge --sync
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-
-You might want to set `USE="sync-plugin-portage"` for layman, too.
-
 === Add the distfiles archive to GENTOO_MIRRORS
 
 You may want to optionally add the distfiles mirror of this overlay to your GENTOO_MIRRORS configuration in /etc/portage: