diff --git a/QubesBuilder.md b/QubesBuilder.md
index 6a57e6ea..bf61b115 100644
--- a/QubesBuilder.md
+++ b/QubesBuilder.md
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ cp builder.conf.default builder.conf
 # (make sure to leave no spaces around '=' sign!) 
 NO_SIGN=1
 
-# As time of writing this, the default for Qubes 1 VMs is fc15,
-# but latest supported is fc17, so switch to newer one
-DISTS_VM=fc17
-
 # As time of writing this, the default for Qubes 2 Dom0 is fc18
 # and VMs is fc18 so if you want to build Qubes 2
 DIST_DOM0=fc18