diff --git a/doc/contributing/maintaining-V8.md b/doc/contributing/maintaining-V8.md
index 339cda49488600..466e19b38bfb77 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/maintaining-V8.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/maintaining-V8.md
@@ -407,10 +407,8 @@ This would require some tooling to:
 [^1]: Node.js 0.12 and older are intentionally omitted from this document
     as their support has ended.
 
-[^2]: The V8 tests still require Python 2. To run these tests locally, you can
-    run `PYTHON2 ./configure.py` before running `make test-v8`, in the root
-    of this repository. On macOS, this also requires a full Xcode install,
-    not just the "command line tools" for Xcode.
+[^2]: On macOS, the V8 tests require a full Xcode install, not just the "command
+    line tools" for Xcode.
 
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 [Node.js CI]: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/