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@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 The Rust ecosystem consists of a number of tools, of which the main ones are:
 
 * `rustc`: the Rust compiler which turns `.rs` files into binaries and other
-  intermediate formats[^rustc].
+  intermediate formats.
 
 * `cargo`: the Rust dependency manager and build tool. Cargo knows how to
   download dependencies hosted on <https://crates.io> and it will pass them to
   `rustc` when building your project. Cargo also comes with a built-in test
-  runner which is used to execute unit tests[^cargo].
+  runner which is used to execute unit tests.
 
 * `rustup`: the Rust toolchain installer and updater. This tool is used to
   install and update `rustc` and `cargo` when new versions of Rust is released.