diff --git a/docs/devel/index.rst b/docs/devel/index.rst
index 9299d2a502..153979caf4 100644
--- a/docs/devel/index.rst
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@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ This section of the manual documents various parts of the internals of QEMU.
 You only need to read it if you are interested in reading or
 modifying QEMU's source code.
 
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diff --git a/docs/interop/index.rst b/docs/interop/index.rst
index 8b34da6f55..b1bab81e2e 100644
--- a/docs/interop/index.rst
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@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ System Emulation Management and Interoperability
 This section of the manual contains documents and specifications that
 are useful for making QEMU interoperate with other software.
 
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diff --git a/docs/specs/index.rst b/docs/specs/index.rst
index 4c0d2a37cb..b7b08ea30d 100644
--- a/docs/specs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/specs/index.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ System Emulation Guest Hardware Specifications
 This section of the manual contains specifications of
 guest hardware that is specific to QEMU.
 
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diff --git a/docs/system/index.rst b/docs/system/index.rst
index 2a9bd75980..058cabd36c 100644
--- a/docs/system/index.rst
+++ b/docs/system/index.rst
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ for full system emulation (as opposed to user-mode emulation).
 This includes working with hypervisors such as KVM, Xen, Hax
 or Hypervisor.Framework.
 
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diff --git a/docs/tools/index.rst b/docs/tools/index.rst
index ffb14b9690..ef6041a490 100644
--- a/docs/tools/index.rst
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@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Tools
 This section of the manual documents QEMU's "tools": its
 command line utilities and other standalone programs.
 
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diff --git a/docs/user/index.rst b/docs/user/index.rst
index 6ac2ac089f..9faa4badd7 100644
--- a/docs/user/index.rst
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@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ This section of the manual is the overall guide for users using QEMU
 for user-mode emulation.  In this mode, QEMU can launch
 processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU.
 
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