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 XGBoost Python Package
 ======================
 
-|PyPI version| |PyPI downloads|
+|PyPI version|
 
 Installation
 ------------
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 .. |PyPI version| image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/xgboost.svg
    :target: http://badge.fury.io/py/xgboost
-.. |PyPI downloads| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/xgboost.svg
-   :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xgboost/