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@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ The plasma framework provides the following:
 - A C++ library: libplasma
 - Script engines
 - QML components
-- The `plasma-shell` executable
 
 ## libplasma
 This C++ library provides:
@@ -31,9 +30,6 @@ Graphical components for common items such as buttons, lineedits, tabbars and so
 ### org.kde.plasma.extras
 Extra graphical components that extend org.kde.plasma.components but are not in the standard api, see @ref plasmaextracomponents.
 
-## plasma-shell
-The `plasma-shell` executable loads the actual workspace. It is completely controlled by QML and does not itself provide any user interface.
-
 ## Links
 
 - Wiki: <http://community.kde.org/Plasma#Plasma_Workspaces_2>