diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4cbc4b43..062b0001 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-    - fixed internal write_file() function to use write mode instead of append
-      that somehow was there accidentally.  (Andrei)
-
 Version 1.4.0
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     - fixed indexing by section properties with the new syntax. (Andrei)