diff --git a/doc/guides/maintaining-npm.md b/doc/guides/maintaining-npm.md
index 3be5528ad1907e..986c202bb17a97 100644
--- a/doc/guides/maintaining-npm.md
+++ b/doc/guides/maintaining-npm.md
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ New pull requests should be opened when a "next" version of npm has
 been released. Once the "next" version has been promoted to "latest"
 the PR should be updated as necessary.
 
-One week after the "latest" release has been promoted, it can land on master
-assuming no major regressions are found. There are no additional constraints
-for Semver-Major releases.
-
 The specific Node.js release streams the new version will be able to land into
 are at the discretion of the release and LTS teams.