diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 1bbf57d..af16561 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ recommendation of [[info:emacs#Saving Customizations][saving customizations (inf
  mode-line-compact 'long
  next-error-message-highlight t
  recentf-mode t
- save-place-mode t
  scroll-bar-mode nil
  tab-always-indent 'complete
  tab-width 8
@@ -2011,18 +2010,16 @@ Listing [[lst:configure-nov]] configures [[https://depp.brause.cc/nov.el/][nov.e
 
 The [[https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools][pdf-tools]] package exploits the [[https://github.com/freedesktop/poppler][poppler]] library to render and to let you
 annotate [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF][PDF]] files.  It also exploits the [[https://wiki.contextgarden.net/SyncTeX][SyncTeX]] library to link anchors in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF][PDF]]
-files produced with LaTeX to the original LaTeX sources.  The [[https://github.com/nicolaisingh/saveplace-pdf-view#readme][saveplace-pdf-view]]
-package saves =pdf-view= and =doc-view= places.
-
-In order to use [[https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools][pdf-tools]], you have to type {{{kbd(M-x pdf-tools-install)}}} after
-installation of [[https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools][pdf-tools]] from [[https://melpa.org/][MELPA]] or after each update of [[https://github.com/freedesktop/poppler][poppler]] to build or
-rebuild the =epdfinfo= executable that serves the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF][PDF]] files to Emacs.
+files produced with LaTeX to the original LaTeX sources.  In order to use
+[[https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools][pdf-tools]], you have to type {{{kbd(M-x pdf-tools-install)}}} after installation
+of [[https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools][pdf-tools]] from [[https://melpa.org/][MELPA]] or after each update of [[https://github.com/freedesktop/poppler][poppler]] to build or rebuild the
+=epdfinfo= executable that serves the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF][PDF]] files to Emacs.
 
 #+caption[Setup =pdf-tools=]:
 #+caption: Setup =pdf-tools=.
 #+name: lst:setup-pdf-tools
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp -n
-(when (and (ensure-package-installation 'pdf-tools 'saveplace-pdf-view)
+(when (and (ensure-package-installation 'pdf-tools)
            (fboundp 'pdf-loader-install))
   ;; `pdf-loader-install' is the lazy equivalent of `pdf-tools-install':
   ;; see the README file.
@@ -2036,8 +2033,7 @@ rebuild the =epdfinfo= executable that serves the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 
   (with-eval-after-load 'pdf-view
     (setopt pdf-view-display-size 'fit-page
-            pdf-view-use-scaling (eq system-type 'darwin))
-    (require 'saveplace-pdf-view nil 'noerror)))
+            pdf-view-use-scaling (eq system-type 'darwin))))
 #+end_src
 
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