diff --git a/doc/release-checklist.md b/doc/release-checklist.md
index 69e8833e1..d3af5ffdd 100644
--- a/doc/release-checklist.md
+++ b/doc/release-checklist.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 * `for i in CMakeLists.txt doc/man/man*/* doc/man/index.html python/setup.py rust/*/Cargo.toml rust/libnotcurses-sys/build.rs ; do sed -i -e "s/x.y.z/$VERSION/g" $i ; done`
 * Finalize Debian changelog with `dch -r`
-* Update version in rust/Cargo.toml
 * git commit -a -m v$VERSION
 * Verify that Debian package builds properly
   * git clean -d -f -x