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@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ repository for [Angular 2][ng2] Typescript/JavaScript (JS).
  
 Angular2 for [Dart][dart] can be found at [dart-lang/angular2][ng2dart].
 
-Angular 2 is currently in **Release Candidate**.
 
 ## Quickstart
 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ guidelines for [contributing][contributing] and then check out one of our issues
 [browserstack]: https://www.browserstack.com/
 [contributing]: http://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
 [dart]: http://www.dartlang.org
-[dartium]: http://www.dartlang.org/tools/dartium
 [quickstart]: https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/quickstart.html
 [ng2]: http://angular.io
 [ngDart]: http://angulardart.org