diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a8924dd8..d2f81e4de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file:
 
 If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
-<!-- {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-storage:released} -->
-
 ```xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@ If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 ```Scala
 libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-storage" % "2.43.1"
 ```
-<!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
 ## Authentication