diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - PCRE:
   . Fixed bug #72688 (preg_match missing group names in matches). (cmb)
-  . Upgraded to PCRE 8.39. (Anatol)
 
 - PDO_pgsql:
   . Fixed bug #70313 (PDO statement fails to throw exception). (Matteo)