diff --git a/libavcodec/bfin/README b/libavcodec/bfin/README
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-BFIN optimizations have been removed in
-commit 880e2aa23645ed9871c66ee1cbd00f93c72d2d73
-The last revission with the optimizations is fa4e17c14035ebf43130fb369e1728cdd98d0b72
-
-If you want to maintain these (or other) BFIN optimizations in ffmpeg, then please
-contact ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org
diff --git a/libavcodec/sparc/README b/libavcodec/sparc/README
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-SPARC optimizations have been removed in
-commit b4dd424d96f09f9bafb88e47f37df65dc4529143
-The last revission with the optimizations is fb1b70c1ed50951c5fc1a309c3c446b2eaaf564b
-
-If you want to maintain these (or other) SPARC optimizations in ffmpeg, then please
-contact ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org