diff --git a/doc/release.rst b/doc/release.rst
index c41dc5c9b08eb27983ad38206f90cae383c0eed6..4767d84571fb31cda0f296b5e83ce26882383ad3 100644
--- a/doc/release.rst
+++ b/doc/release.rst
@@ -79,17 +79,13 @@ Here are the instructions to release Bob meta package:
      $ bdt gitlab update-bob -vvv --stable
 
 * The script above cannot identify linux only packages. After running the script,
-  **you need to manually tag linux only packages** in both ``conda/meta.yaml`` and
-  ``requirements.txt``. For example, in ``conda/meta.yaml``:
+  **you need to manually tag linux only packages** in ``conda/meta.yaml``.
+  For example:
 
   .. code-block:: yaml
 
      - bob.ip.binseg ==1.1.0  # [linux]
 
-  and, in ``requirements.txt``::
-
-     bob.ip.binseg ==1.1.0 ; sys_platform == 'linux'
-
 * Test the conda recipe of bob. You may want to cancel the
   command below once it reaches the nosetests.: