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@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@ them.  "It would be cool if.." probably does not, in itself, constitute a good
 feature request; instead, try to be specific about what you're requesting, and
 what your desired feature would accomplish.
 
-### Feature Branch Names
-
-Every branch that you intend to put up for review must adhere to the form
-`i/<N>/<...>`, where `<N>` is the number of the issue that the branch
-corresponds to and `<...>` is an optional short description of the branch to aid
-in readability. If `<...>` is omitted, the `/` should be omitted as well, which
-makes `i/<N>` a well-formed branch name. These feature branches should be based
-off of `develop`.
-
 ### Commits
 
 Commits should generally be relevant, atomic, and have descriptions formatted in