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@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ Requirements
 * Java >= 1.8 (Oracle JVMs have been tested)
 * MySQL 5.5
 
-Instructions to download gradle wrapper
-============
-If the file fineract-provider/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar doesn't already exist in your copy of the Fineract codebase, the same needs to be downloaded using the commands below
-
-wget --no-check-certificate -P fineract-provider/gradle/wrapper https://github.com/apache/fineract/raw/develop/fineract-provider/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-(or)
-
-curl --insecure -L https://github.com/apache/fineract/raw/develop/fineract-provider/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar > fineract-provider/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-
 Instructions to run Apache RAT (Release Audit Tool)
 ============
 1. Extract the archive file to your local directory.