diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index de961988865..5e134c47e42 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1286,10 +1286,6 @@ names are adjusted to the host name from the previous hop.
 timeout, after which the underlying session is disabled.  This is for
 security reasons.
 
-+++
-*** Zstandard compression is now supported when using libarchive 3.3
-or newer.
-
 ** Rcirc
 
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