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@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ Scripts and files which may be useful but aren't part of the core etcd project.
 
 * [systemd](systemd) - an example unit file for deploying etcd on systemd-based distributions
 * [raftexample](raftexample) - an example distributed key-value store using raft
-* [systemd/etcd2-backup-coreos](systemd/etcd2-backup-coreos) - remote backup and restore procedures for etcd2 clusters on CoreOS Linux
 * [systemd/etcd3-multinode](systemd/etcd3-multinode) - multi-node cluster setup with systemd