diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@
 - Issue #1620: New property decorator syntax was modifying the decorator
   in place instead of creating a new decorator object.
 
-- Issue #1580: New free format floating point representation based on
-  "Floating-Point Printer Sample Code", by Robert G. Burger. For example
-  repr(11./5) now returns '2.2' instead of '2.2000000000000002'.
-
 - Issue #1538: Avoid copying string in split/rsplit if the split
   char is not found.