diff --git a/Doc/howto/webservers.rst b/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
index 9ce90952c06..9e9b69d9eb4 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
@@ -728,6 +728,4 @@ found in the Python wiki.
    <https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks>`_.
 
    Most frameworks also have their own mailing lists and IRC channels, look out
-   for these on the projects' web sites.  There is also a general "Python in the
-   Web" IRC channel on freenode called `#python.web
-   <https://wiki.python.org/moin/PoundPythonWeb>`_.
+   for these on the projects' web sites.