diff --git a/src/node/README.md b/src/node/README.md
--- a/src/node/README.md
+++ b/src/node/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 calling code in the other directories directly, and only invoke it indirectly
 through the more limited [`src/interfaces/`](../interfaces/) classes.
 
-The [`src/node/`](./) directory is a new directory introduced in
-[#14978](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14978) and at the moment is
-sparsely populated. Eventually more substantial files like
-[`src/validation.cpp`](../validation.cpp) and
+This directory is at the moment sparsely populated. Eventually more substantial
+files like [`src/validation.cpp`](../validation.cpp) and
 [`src/txmempool.cpp`](../txmempool.cpp) might be moved there.