diff --git a/appengine/endpoints-frameworks-v2/backend/README.md b/appengine/endpoints-frameworks-v2/backend/README.md
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@@ -23,29 +23,10 @@ To build the project:
 
     mvn clean package
 
-## Generating the swagger.json file
-
-To generate the required configuration file `swagger.json`:
-
-0. Download and unzip the [Endpoints Framework tools
-package](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=com/google/endpoints/endpoints-framework-tools/2.0.0-beta.7/endpoints-framework-tools-2.0.0-beta.7.zip).
-
-0. Invoke the Endpoints Tool using this command:
-
-         path/to/endpoints-framework-tools-2.0.0-beta.7/bin/endpoints-framework-tools get-swagger-doc \
-             -h <PROJECT_ID>.appspot.com \
-             -w target/echo-1.0-SNAPSHOT com.example.echo.Echo
-
-    Replace`<PROJECT_ID>` with your project ID.
-
 ## Deploying the sample API to App Engine
 
 To deploy the sample API:
 
-0. Invoke the `gcloud` command to deploy the API configuration file:
-
-         gcloud beta service-management deploy swagger.json
-
 0. Deploy the API implementation code by invoking:
 
          mvn appengine:update