diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ Must be one of the following:
 * **fix**: A bug fix
 * **perf**: A code change that improves performance
 * **refactor**: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
-* **style**: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
 * **test**: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests