diff --git a/cpp-style-and-conventions.md b/cpp-style-and-conventions.md
index 03f3167..15e957f 100644
--- a/cpp-style-and-conventions.md
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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 thinking for us wherever possible.  This means having Continuous Integration
 tests on each repository so that regressions are quickly identified prior to
 merge. It also means having as much of this document enforced by tools as
-possible by, for example, astyle/clang-format and clang-tidy.
+possible by, for example, clang-format and clang-tidy.
 
 For those coming to the project from pre-C++11 environments we strongly
 recommend the book "Effective Modern C++" as a way to get up to speed on the
@@ -128,17 +128,6 @@
 
 Indentation, naming practices, etc.
 
-[[ These should be codified as much as possible with astyle / clang-format. ]]
-
-An astyle-invocation that closely approximates our indentation style is:
-```
-astyle --style=allman --add-brackets --convert-tabs --max-code-length=80 \
-    --indent=spaces=4 --indent-classes --indent-switches --indent-labels \
-    --indent-preproc-define --min-conditional-indent=0 --pad-oper \
-    --pad-header --unpad-paren --break-after-logical \
-    --align-pointer=type --align-reference=type
-```
-
 ### General
 
 * Line length should be limited to 80 characters.