diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Other header files at this repo (`include/linux/*.h`) are reduced versions of
 their counterpart files at bpf-next's `tools/include/linux/*.h` to make compilation
 successful.
 
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 =====
 libelf is an internal dependency of libbpf and thus it is required to link
 against and must be installed on the system for applications to work.