diff --git a/doc/users/installing/index.rst b/doc/users/installing/index.rst
index ef215ee394a9..2291386699fa 100644
--- a/doc/users/installing/index.rst
+++ b/doc/users/installing/index.rst
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ from the Terminal.app command line::
 
    python3 -m pip install matplotlib
 
-(``sudo python3.6 ...`` on Macports).
-
 You might also want to install IPython or the Jupyter notebook (``python3 -m pip
 install ipython notebook``).