diff --git a/docs/ui-tests.md b/docs/ui-tests.md
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--- a/docs/ui-tests.md
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@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ $ source env/bin/activate
 Every time you want to launch these test homeservers, type:
 
 ```shell script
-$ virtualenv -p python3 env
 $ source env/bin/activate
 (env) $ demo/start.sh --no-rate-limit
 ```