diff --git a/aio/content/guide/i18n.md b/aio/content/guide/i18n.md
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--- a/aio/content/guide/i18n.md
+++ b/aio/content/guide/i18n.md
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@ locale id to find the correct corresponding locale data.
 
 By default, Angular uses the locale `en-US`, which is English as spoken in the United States of America.
 
-To set your app's locale to another value, use the CLI parameter `--configuration` with the value of the locale id that you want to use:
-
-<code-example language="sh" class="code-shell">
-  ng serve --configuration=fr
-</code-example>
-
-If you use JIT, you also need to define the `LOCALE_ID` provider in your main module:
-
-<code-example path="i18n/doc-files/app.module.ts" header="src/app/app.module.ts" linenums="false">
-</code-example>
-
-
 For more information about Unicode locale identifiers, see the
 [CLDR core spec](http://cldr.unicode.org/core-spec#Unicode_Language_and_Locale_Identifiers).