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@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ User visible changes for UPX
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 Changes in 3.96 (12 Jan 2020):
-  * New option --assume-execute-permission for MSYS2 etc.
   * bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/5
 
 Changes in 3.95 (26 Aug 2018):