diff --git a/R/rotl-package.R b/R/rotl-package.R
index e511573..2544c2d 100644
--- a/R/rotl-package.R
+++ b/R/rotl-package.R
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
 ##'
 ##' @section Acknowledgments:
 ##'
-##'     This package was started during the Open Tree of Life
-##'     \href{https://blog.opentreeoflife.org/2014/06/11/apply-for-tree-for-all-a-hackathon-to-access-opentree-resources/}{Hackathon}
-##'     organized by OpenTree, the NESCent Hackathon Interoperability
-##'     Phylogenetic group, and Arbor.
+##'     This package was started during the Open Tree of Life Hackathon
+##'     organized by the OpenTree of Life, the NESCent Hackathon
+##'     Interoperability Phylogenetic group, and Arbor.
 ##'
 ##' @name rotl
 ##' @docType package
diff --git a/man/rotl.Rd b/man/rotl.Rd
index 1f02c1e..af369b9 100644
--- a/man/rotl.Rd
+++ b/man/rotl.Rd
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ provides. The documentation of the API is available at:
 \section{Acknowledgments}{
 
 
-    This package was started during the Open Tree of Life
-    \href{https://blog.opentreeoflife.org/2014/06/11/apply-for-tree-for-all-a-hackathon-to-access-opentree-resources/}{Hackathon}
-    organized by OpenTree, the NESCent Hackathon Interoperability
-    Phylogenetic group, and Arbor.
+    This package was started during the Open Tree of Life Hackathon
+    organized by the OpenTree of Life, the NESCent Hackathon
+    Interoperability Phylogenetic group, and Arbor.
 }