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@@ -127,18 +127,3 @@ A couple of manual configuration steps are required to run the code in IntelliJ:
    "Execute Before Build" 
   - Delegate all build actions to Gradle: Settings/Preferences > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle > Build and run 
   using/Run tests using - select "Gradle"
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-## Maintainers
-
-* Jeff Yemin           jeff.yemin@mongodb.com
-* Ross Lawley          ross@mongodb.com
-* John Stewart         john.stewart@mongodb.com
-
-Additional contributors can be found [here](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-java-driver/graphs/contributors).
-
-## Supporters
-
-JetBrains is supporting this open source project with:
-
-[![Intellij IDEA](http://www.jetbrains.com/img/logos/logo_intellij_idea.png)](http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/)
-