diff --git a/bootstrap/README.OpenBSD b/bootstrap/README.OpenBSD
index 25c492082f31..a9d1117b90e8 100644
--- a/bootstrap/README.OpenBSD
+++ b/bootstrap/README.OpenBSD
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README.OpenBSD,v 1.16 2022/06/14 09:08:31 nia Exp $
+$NetBSD: README.OpenBSD,v 1.17 2022/06/15 15:04:48 schmonz Exp $
 
 Please read the general README file as well.
 
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ pkgsrc bootstrap has been tested on OpenBSD 7.1 (amd64, i386) with the
 system-provided clang. Earlier version/platform/compiler combinations
 have previously been reported to work.
 
-If the bootstrap fails for you, try adding `--prefer-pkgsrc yes` to your
-bootstrap command line (this is now the default).
-
 Once bootstrapped, as is typical with pkgsrc, many packages build as is.
 For any particular package that doesn't, fixes are often in OpenBSD
 Ports waiting to be borrowed.