diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index be3d01d8509..47dff6422ed 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -572,13 +572,6 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-2.0.0 release
       The option is OFF by default. Typical builds using either the cacheinit.cmake file or presets
       will enable the RPATH settings.
 
-    - When using a system installed zlib library, the shared library is expected to
-      be found in the system library path.
-
-      Setting the HDF5_MODULE_MODE_ZLIB option to OFF, the system installed zlib,
-      or an alternate installed zlib library, is expected to have a correct
-      zlib-config.cmake file.
-
     - Use pre-installed libaec compression library
 
       The CMake logic for finding the libaec compression library has been