diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
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@@ -447,8 +447,6 @@ Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
 - Gregory Sanders
 - Jonas Schnelli
 - Matt Corallo
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 - Matthew King
 - matthias
 - Max Keller