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@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ It would be highly appreciated if contributions are backported to LTS branches i
 The list of maintained branches can be found in the [Current Branches section
 of BRANCHES.md](BRANCHES.md#current-branches).
 
-The only currently maintained LTS branch is:
-1. [mbedtls-2.16](https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls/tree/mbedtls-2.16)
-
-
 Tests
 -----
 As mentioned, tests that show the correctness of the feature or bug fix should be added to the pull request, if no such tests exist.