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@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ shown below. Take care to replace the placeholders within angle brackets
 with the appropriate values.
 
 ``` scheme
-((generif-data-file . "/path/to/generifs_basic.gz")
- (sql-username . "<sql-username-here>")
+((sql-username . "<sql-username-here>")
  (sql-password . "<sql-password-here>")
  (sql-database . "<sql-database-name-here>")
  (sql-host . "<sql-hostname-here>")
@@ -58,14 +57,9 @@ with the appropriate values.
  (sparql-port . <sparql-endpoint-port-here>))
 ```
 
-Download the GeneRIF data file from
-https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/gene/GeneRIF/generifs_basic.gz and specify
-its path in the `generif-data-file` parameter.
-
 Here's a sample *conn.scm*.
 ``` scheme
-((generif-data-file . "/home/gn/generifs_basic.gz")
- (sql-username . "webqtlout")
+((sql-username . "webqtlout")
  (sql-password . "my-secret-password")
  (sql-database . "db_webqtl")
  (sql-host . "localhost")