diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   - [Long-term support](#long-term-support)
   - [Migrating global packages while installing](#migrating-global-packages-while-installing)
   - [Default global packages from file while installing](#default-global-packages-from-file-while-installing)
-  - [io.js](#iojs)
   - [System version of node](#system-version-of-node)
   - [Listing versions](#listing-versions)
   - [.nvmrc](#nvmrc)
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ which should output 'nvm' if the installation was successful. Please note that `
 
 ### Important Notes
 
-If you're running a system without prepackaged binary available, which means you're going to install nodejs or io.js from its source code, you need to make sure your system has a C++ compiler. For OS X, Xcode will work, for Debian/Ubuntu based GNU/Linux, the `build-essential` and `libssl-dev` packages work.
+If you're running a system without prepackaged binary available, which means you're going to install nodejs from its source code, you need to make sure your system has a C++ compiler. For OS X, Xcode will work, for Debian/Ubuntu based GNU/Linux, the `build-essential` and `libssl-dev` packages work.
 
 **Note:** `nvm` does not support Windows (see [#284](https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/284)). Two alternatives exist, which are neither supported nor developed by us:
 
@@ -241,7 +240,6 @@ nvm which 5.0
 In place of a version pointer like "0.10" or "5.0" or "4.2.1", you can use the following special default aliases with `nvm install`, `nvm use`, `nvm run`, `nvm exec`, `nvm which`, etc:
 
   - `node`: this installs the latest version of [`node`](https://nodejs.org/en/)
-  - `iojs`: this installs the latest version of [`io.js`](https://iojs.org/en/)
   - `stable`: this alias is deprecated, and only truly applies to `node` `v0.12` and earlier. Currently, this is an alias for `node`.
   - `unstable`: this alias points to `node` `v0.11` - the last "unstable" node release, since post-1.0, all node versions are stable. (in SemVer, versions communicate breakage, not stability).
 
@@ -273,7 +271,6 @@ You can also install and migrate npm packages from specific versions of Node lik
 
 ```sh
 nvm install 6 --reinstall-packages-from=5
-nvm install v4.2 --reinstall-packages-from=iojs
 ```
 
 ### Default global packages from file while installing
@@ -288,22 +285,6 @@ object-inspect@1.0.2
 stevemao/left-pad
 ```
 
-### io.js
-
-If you want to install [io.js](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/):
-
-```sh
-nvm install iojs
-```
-
-If you want to install a new version of io.js and migrate npm packages from a previous version:
-
-```sh
-nvm install iojs --reinstall-packages-from=iojs
-```
-
-The same guidelines mentioned for migrating npm packages in Node.js are applicable to io.js.
-
 ### System version of node
 
 If you want to use the system-installed version of node, you can use the special default alias "system":
@@ -348,15 +329,6 @@ nvm install node
 NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://nodejs.org/dist nvm install 4.2
 ```
 
-To use a mirror of the io.js binaries, set `$NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR`:
-
-```sh
-export NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://iojs.org/dist
-nvm install iojs-v1.0.3
-
-NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://iojs.org/dist nvm install iojs-v1.0.3
-```
-
 `nvm use` will not, by default, create a "current" symlink. Set `$NVM_SYMLINK_CURRENT` to "true" to enable this behavior, which is sometimes useful for IDEs. Note that using `nvm` in multiple shell tabs with this environment variable enabled can cause race conditions.
 
 ### .nvmrc