diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dffdb63..4264d64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,4 @@ vein as [bit.ly](https://bit.ly) and [tinyurl.com](https://tinyurl.com).
 
 building from source
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-
-    go get -d git.binarythought.com/cdramey/qurl
-    go generate git.binarythought.com/cdramey/qurl
-    go build git.binarythought.com/cdramey/qurl
+This used to be complicated, but with go 1.16, it's as easy as `go build`