diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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-Contributing to QGIS
-====================
-
-QGIS is an open source project and we appreciate contributions very much.
-
-Proper formatting
------------------
-
-Before making a pull request, please make sure your code is properly formatted
-by running the prepare commit script **before** issuing `git commit`.
-
-    ./scripts/prepare_commit.sh
-
-This can be automated by adding it to a pre-commit hook, for example:
-
-    pushd $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/hooks
-    test -e pre-commit && mv pre-commit pre-commit.000
-    echo '$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts/prepare_commit.sh' > pre-commit
-    chmod +x pre-commit
-    popd
-
-Getting your pull request merged
---------------------------------
-
-This is a volunteer project, so sometimes it may take a little while to merge
-your pull request.
-
-There is a [guide with hints for getting your pull requests merged](https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/developers_guide/git.html#pull-requests)
-in the developers guide.
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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   - New unit tests have been added for relevant changes
 
-  - You have run the `scripts/prepare_commit.sh` script (https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing-to-qgis) before each commit.
-    If you didn't do this, you can also run `./scripts/astyle_all.sh` from your source folder.
-
-  - You have read the QGIS Coding Standards (https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/developers_guide/codingstandards.html) and this PR complies with them
+  - you have read the QGIS Developer Guide (https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/developers_guide/index.html) and your PR complies with its QGIS Coding Standards
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