diff --git a/src/README b/src/README
index 3618ee18fa5..05d701bd380 100644
--- a/src/README
+++ b/src/README
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ boot/fe            - Front end (lexer, parser, AST)
 boot/me            - Middle end (resolve, check, layout, trans)
 boot/be            - Back end (IL, RA, insns, asm, objfiles)
 boot/util          - Ubiquitous helpers
-boot/llvm          - LLVM-based alternative back end
 boot/driver        - Compiler driver
 
 comp/              The self-hosted compiler ("rustc": incomplete)