From f0100f55909d00f15bfdbef89d6cdcf6c38b2f59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:48:13 +0100
Subject: README: improve development docs

---
 README.md | 25 +++----------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

(limited to 'README.md')

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1588284d..e5f7a694f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ for more details.
 On Linux and macOS the easiest way to Install Nix is to run the following shell command
 (as a user other than root):
 
-```
+```console
 $ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
 ```
 
@@ -20,27 +20,8 @@ Information on additional installation methods is available on the [Nix download
 
 ## Building And Developing
 
-### Building Nix
-
-You can build Nix using one of the targets provided by [release.nix](./release.nix):
-
-```
-$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.aarch64-linux
-$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-darwin
-$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.i686-linux
-$ nix-build ./release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
-```
-
-### Development Environment
-
-You can use the provided `shell.nix` to get a working development environment:
-
-```
-$ nix-shell
-$ ./bootstrap.sh
-$ ./configure
-$ make
-```
+See our [Hacking guide](hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/build.x86_64-linux/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual#chap-hacking) in our manual for instruction on how to
+build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.
 
 ## Additional Resources
 
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