diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 32b91272cf..6a68b84dc7 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -848,11 +848,6 @@ Support for build offloading (@pxref{Daemon Offload Setup}) and
 @uref{https://github.com/artyom-poptsov/guile-ssh, Guile-SSH},
 version 0.13.0 or later.
 
-@item
-When @url{https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzlib.html, lzlib} is available, lzlib
-substitutes can be used and @command{guix publish} can compress substitutes
-with lzlib.
-
 @item
 When @url{http://www.bzip.org, libbz2} is available,
 @command{guix-daemon} can use it to compress build logs.