diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mirrors/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/mirrors/_index.adoc
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@@ -791,19 +791,9 @@
 Those certificates allow Subversion to verify the identity of HTTPS repository servers.
 Installation instructions are described in <<git-ssl-certificates>>.
 
-[[svn-svnlite]]
-=== Svnlite
-
-A lightweight version of Subversion is already installed on FreeBSD as `svnlite`.
-The port or package version of Subversion is only needed if the Python or Perl API is needed, or if a later version of Subversion is desired.
-
-The only difference from normal Subversion use is that the command name is `svnlite`.
-
 [[svn-install]]
 === Installation
 
-If `svnlite` is unavailable or the full version of Subversion is needed, then it must be installed.
-
 Subversion can be installed from the Ports Collection:
 
 [source,shell]