diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 *Monorepo for our various Rust + Matrix crates.*
 
+## Contributing
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
 ## Minimum Rust version
 
 Ruma currently requires Rust 1.43.0. In general, we will never require beta or
diff --git a/ruma-client-api/README.md b/ruma-client-api/README.md
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@@ -7,7 +7,3 @@
 
 **ruma-client-api** contains serializable types for the requests and responses for each endpoint in the [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) client API specification.
 These types can be shared by client and server code.
-
-## Contributing
-
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
diff --git a/ruma-federation-api/README.md b/ruma-federation-api/README.md
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@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ These types can be shared by client and server code.
 ## Documentation
 [https://docs.rs/ruma-federation-api](https://docs.rs/ruma-federation-api)
 
-## Contributing
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
-
 ## License
 
 [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)