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@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ API Documentation: http://wjwwood.github.com/serial/doc/1.1.0/index.html
  * [empy](http://www.alcyone.com/pyos/empy/) - Python templating library
  * [catkin_pkg](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/catkin_pkg/) - Runtime Python library for catkin
 
-Basic build and install without catkin is possible by appending
-`CMAKE_FLAGS=-DBUILD_WITH_CATKIN=OFF` to `make` commands below.
+If catkin is not available, project will build without catkin support, which will currently disable tests
 
 ### Install