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 ## Building
 
-gmid depends on a POSIX libc, libevent2, OpenSSL/LibreSSL and libtls
-(provided either by LibreSSL or libretls).  At build time, yacc (or
-GNU bison) is also needed.
+gmid depends on libevent2, OpenSSL/LibreSSL and libtls (provided
+either by LibreSSL or libretls).  At build time, yacc (or GNU bison)
+is also needed.
 
 The build is as simple as