diff --git a/userguide/userguide.tex b/userguide/userguide.tex
index 5ebb289d4..e69bc4f70 100644
--- a/userguide/userguide.tex
+++ b/userguide/userguide.tex
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ \section{Installation}
 First, we need to grab the repository:
 {\footnotesize{\tt git clone git://github.com/Qthreads/qthreads.git}}
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-Next, let's change into the qthreads directory and checkout the userguide branch:
+Next, let's change into the qthreads directory:
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 {\footnotesize{\tt cd qthreads}}
-\\
-{\footnotesize{\tt git checkout userguide}}
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 Before compiling the Qthreads library, we need to setup some environment variables:
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