diff --git a/docs/development/api_updates.md b/docs/development/api_updates.md
index 55205757b1..88e894b230 100644
--- a/docs/development/api_updates.md
+++ b/docs/development/api_updates.md
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ go get k8s.io/kubernetes
 cd ${GOPATH}/src/k8s.io/kubernetes
 git checkout master
 git pull
-go install ./cmd/libs/go2idl/conversion-gen
 ```
 
 Then you can run `make apimachinery && make` to update the generated API machinery code (conversion functions).  Note
@@ -36,4 +35,4 @@ it is backwards compatible (you have to make sure that the field is optional).
 
 Currently, the apimachinery code we check in is relatively stable.  However, when the generated code is large,
 it is often considered good manners to your code reviewer to split a PR into multiple commits: one with the
-actual changes, and then a second commit with the autogenerated code.
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+actual changes, and then a second commit with the autogenerated code.