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@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ For iOS and OS X use of the demo apps in Xcode, setup the access token by editin
 
 For Linux, set the environment variable `MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN` to your token.
 
-For Android, open the class MapFragment and look for the line with `mMap.setAccessToken("access key goes here");`. Also delete the throw statement on the previous line.
+For Android, open the class MapFragment and look for the line with `mMap.setAccessToken("access key goes here");`.
 
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