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 <a href="https://github.com/fork-handles/forkhandles/actions?query=workflow%3A.github%2Fworkflows%2Fbuild.yaml"><img alt="build" src="https://github.com/fork-handles/forkhandles/workflows/.github/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/dev.forkhandles"><img alt="download" src="https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/dev.forkhandles/forkhandles-bom"></a>
-<img alt="jcenter free" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/JCenter%20free-%3E1.8.4.1-success">
 
 <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/fork-handles/forkhandles"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/fork-handles/forkhandles/branch/trunk/graph/badge.svg"/></a>
 <a href="http//www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"><img alt="GitHub license" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg?style=flat"></a>