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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 
-Various tools useful for the the setup and analysis of molecular simulations of biomolecules.
+Various tools useful for the setup and analysis of molecular simulations of biomolecules.
 
 * ambertools