diff --git a/Doc/tools/templates/download.html b/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
index 08d97c76e3c0a7..5209c9b16ce185 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
+++ b/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
@@ -78,16 +78,6 @@ <h1>{% trans %}Download Python {{ dl_version }} documentation{% endtrans %}</h1>
 See the <a href="https://docs.python.org/{{ version }}/archives/">directory listing</a>
 for file sizes.{% endtrans %}</p>
 
-<h2>{% trans %}Unpacking{% endtrans %}</h2>
-
-<p>{% trans %}Unix users should download the .tar.bz2 archives; these are bzipped tar
-archives and can be handled in the usual way using tar and the bzip2
-program. The <a href="https://infozip.sourceforge.net">Info-ZIP</a> unzip program can be
-used to handle the ZIP archives if desired. The .tar.bz2 archives provide the
-best compression and fastest download times.{% endtrans %}</p>
-
-<p>{% trans %}Windows users can use the ZIP archives since those are customary on that
-platform. These are created on Unix using the Info-ZIP zip program.{% endtrans %}</p>
 
 <h2>{% trans %}Problems{% endtrans %}</h2>
 {% set bugs = pathto('bugs') %}