diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f97699ec..96d083ce 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,17 +4,15 @@ Contributions and pull requests are welcome.  Please take note of the following
 
 *  Adhere to the existing style as much as possible; notably, 2 space indents and long-form keywords.
 *  Keep the history clean!  Squash your branches before you submit a pull request.  `pull --rebase` is your friend.
-*  Any changes to the core should be tested against Vim 7.2.
+*  Any changes to the core should be tested against Vim 7.4.
 
 # Bugs
 
 Tracking down bugs can take a very long time due to different configurations, versions, and operating systems.  To ensure a timely response, please help me out by doing the following:
 
-* Reproduce it with this [minivimrc][7] repository to rule out any configuration conflicts.  Even better, create a `gist` of your vimrc that is compatible with [pathogen][11].
-* And to make it easier to reproduce, please supply the following:
-  * the `:version` of vim
-  * the commit of vim-airline you're using
-  * the OS that you're using, including terminal emulator, GUI vs non-GUI
+* the `:version` of vim
+* the commit of vim-airline you're using
+* the OS that you're using, including terminal emulator, GUI vs non-GUI
 
 # Themes
 
@@ -26,7 +24,5 @@ Tracking down bugs can take a very long time due to different configurations, ve
 If you would like to take a more active role in improving vim-airline, please consider [becoming a maintainer][43].
 
 
-[7]: https://github.com/bling/minivimrc
-[11]: https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen
 [14]: https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline/wiki/Screenshots
 [43]: https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline/wiki/Becoming-a-Maintainer