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@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ The command line and Nix language are what users interact with most.
 Underlying everything is the *Nix store*, a mechanism to keep track of build plans, data, and references between them.
 It can also execute *build instructions*, captured in the build plans, to produce new data.
 
-This chapter describes Nix starting at the bottom with the store layer, then working its way up to the user-facing components described in the rest of the manual.
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