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 ## Participation
 
 The Scala Steward project supports the [Scala Code of Conduct][CoC]
-and wants all of its channels (GitHub, Gitter, etc.) to be welcoming
-environments for everyone.
+and wants all of its channels to be welcoming environments for everyone.
 
 ## Credit