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@@ -11,17 +11,6 @@ PostgREST serves a fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL
 database. It provides a cleaner, more standards-compliant, faster
 API than you are likely to write from scratch.
 
-Try making requests to the live [demo
-server](https://postgrest.herokuapp.com) with an HTTP client such
-as [postman](http://www.getpostman.com/). The structure of the demo
-database is defined by
-[begriffs/postgrest-example](https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest-example).
-You can use it as inspiration for test-driven server migrations in
-your own projects.
-
-Also try other tools in the PostgREST
-[ecosystem](http://postgrest.com/en/v0.4/intro.html#ecosystem).
-
 ### Usage
 
 1. Download the binary ([latest release](https://github.com/begriffs/postgrest/releases/latest))