diff --git a/README.i18n.md b/README.i18n.md
index 61b4bdec..a8e68545 100644
--- a/README.i18n.md
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@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ Helpfiles are divided in two categories:
   programs, etc. These are stored in levels/$level/help/.
 
 Helpfiles have their source in english, always stored in the E/
-subdirectory. To ensure retro-compatibility, existing translations have
-not been integrated in the gettext-based translation mechanisms and are
-stored in their respective one-character directories. New translations
-snd updates to existing ones should really use the gettext-based
-translation.
+subdirectory.
 
 ## Colobot syntax