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@@ -846,14 +846,6 @@ Example: place the following in your ``~/.bashrc``
     SOPS_GPG_EXEC = 'your_gpg_client_wrapper'
 
 
-Specify a different GPG key server
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-By default, SOPS uses the key server ``keys.openpgp.org`` to retrieve the GPG
-keys that are not present in the local keyring.
-This is no longer configurable. You can learn more about why from this write-up: `SKS Keyserver Network Under Attack <https://gist.github.com/rjhansen/67ab921ffb4084c865b3618d6955275f>`_.
-
-
 Key groups
 ~~~~~~~~~~