diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ zst --decompress Rocky-9-aarch64-minimal-YYYY.MM.DD-HHMMSS.raw.zst
 ### Flashing the image
 
 ```bash
-# flash the extracted image
 dd if=Rocky-9-aarch64-minimal-YYYY.MM.DD-HHMMSS.raw of=<device> bs=4M conv=sync status=progress
-
-# flash without extracting the '.zst' file
-zstdcat Rocky-9-aarch64-minimal-YYYY.MM.DD-HHMMSS.raw.zst | dd bs=4M conv=sync status=progress of=<device>
 ```
 
 ### SSH