diff --git a/cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/content/INSTALL.txt b/cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/content/INSTALL.txt
index 39f2ab1d284..8409968b766 100644
--- a/cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/content/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/content/INSTALL.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ in order to complete your installation.
 
 Prerequisites
 -------------
-Spring Boot CLI requires Java JDK 17 or above in order to run. Groovy v${groovy.version}
-is packaged as part of this distribution, and therefore does not need to be installed (any
-existing Groovy installation is ignored).
+Spring Boot CLI requires Java JDK 17 or above in order to run.
 
 The CLI will use whatever JDK it finds on your path, to check that you have an appropriate
 version you should run: