diff --git a/src/building/bootstrapping.md b/src/building/bootstrapping.md
index 3e5cabbe8..e132d6941 100644
--- a/src/building/bootstrapping.md
+++ b/src/building/bootstrapping.md
@@ -70,13 +70,10 @@ These defaults are as follows:
 - `install`: `--stage 2`
 - `bench`: `--stage 2`
 
-You can always override the stage by passing `--stage N` explicitly, except for `check`,
-which is [hard-coded to stage 0][stage1-check].
+You can always override the stage by passing `--stage N` explicitly.
 
 For more information about stages, [see below](#understanding-stages-of-bootstrap).
 
-[stage1-check]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/46955
-
 ## Complications of bootstrapping
 
 Since the build system uses the current beta compiler to build the stage-1