diff --git a/docs/usage/general/file-systems.rst.inc b/docs/usage/general/file-systems.rst.inc
index 60b7f46f9..7a022899c 100644
--- a/docs/usage/general/file-systems.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/usage/general/file-systems.rst.inc
@@ -26,6 +26,5 @@ and readable after one of the failures mentioned above occurred, run
   it should be a move (not a copy) operation, and in case of a directory
   it should fail if the destination exists and is not an empty directory,
   since this is used for locking.
-- Hardlinks are needed for :ref:`borg_upgrade` (if ``--inplace`` option is not used).
-  Also hardlinks are used for more safe and secure file updating (e.g. of the repo
+- Also hardlinks are used for more safe and secure file updating (e.g. of the repo
   config file), but the code tries to work also if hardlinks are not supported.