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@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ A Python wrapper for the extremely fast Blosc2 compression library
 :Github: https://github.com/Blosc/python-blosc2
 :Actions: |actions|
 :PyPi: |version|
-:NumFOCUS: |numfocus|
 :Code of Conduct: |Contributor Covenant|
 
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