diff --git a/README b/README
index 630702b..b076d0c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ against the Cygwin compatibility layer; this works, but port enumeration and
 metadata will not be available, and binaries will depend on Cygwin. The builds
 produced by MinGW-w64 are normal Windows DLLs without additional dependencies.
 
-The "old" MinGW from http://mingw.org/ is not supported.
-
 API
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