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@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ to implement yourself.
 Check out our [wiki] to get started with wlroots. Join our IRC channel:
 [#sway-devel on Libera Chat].
 
-wlroots is developed under the direction of the [sway] project. A variety of
-[wrapper libraries] are available for using it with your favorite programming
-language.
+A variety of [wrapper libraries] are available for using it with your favorite
+programming language.
 
 ## Building
 
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md].
 [Wayland]: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/
 [wiki]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/wikis/Getting-started
 [#sway-devel on Libera Chat]: https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=#sway-devel
-[Sway]: https://github.com/swaywm/sway
 [wrapper libraries]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/wikis/Projects-which-use-wlroots#wrapper-libraries
 [libseat]: https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/seatd
 [CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md