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 ## 5. Bootstrap
 
-Make sure to update your bootstrap file. The latest version is here:
+Make sure to **remove** your bootstrap file from your package. Since a few
+releases, buildout is not supposed to be bootstrapped anymore as setuptools
+have dropped support for auto-installing.
 
-https://bootstrap.pypa.io/bootstrap-buildout.py
+Also make sure to remove any mention of `bootstrap-buildout.py` from the
+`MANIFEST.in` file.
 
-Just do a `curl` to update it:
-
-```sh
-$ curl -k --silent https://bootstrap.pypa.io/bootstrap-buildout.py > bootstrap-buildout.py
-```
 
 ## 6. doc/conf.py