diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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+++ b/README.rst
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ Roadmap Post-1.0
 - Python 3.6, which has several performance improvements relevant to
   ElectrumX
 - UTXO root logic and implementation
-- improve DB abstraction so LMDB is not penalized
-- investigate effects of cache defaults and DB configuration defaults
-  on sync time and simplify / optimize the default config accordingly
 - potentially move some functionality to C or C++
 
 
diff --git a/docs/HOWTO.rst b/docs/HOWTO.rst
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@@ -45,16 +45,15 @@ recommend having at least 30-40GB of free space before starting.
 Database Engine
 ===============
 
-You can choose from RocksDB, LevelDB or LMDB to store transaction
-information on disk. Currently, the fastest seems to be RocksDB with
-LevelDB being slightly slower. LMDB is slowest but that is because the
-code needs reworking to be better usable with LMDB.
+You can choose from LevelDB and RocksDB to store transaction
+information on disk.  The time taken and DB size is not significantly
+different.  We tried to support LMDB but its history write performance
+was much worse.
 
 You will need to install one of:
 
 + `plyvel <https://plyvel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html>`_ for LevelDB
 + `pyrocksdb <http://pyrocksdb.readthedocs.io/en/v0.4/installation.html>`_ for RocksDB
-+ `lmdb <https://lmdb.readthedocs.io/en/release/#installation-unix>`_ for LMDB
 
 Running
 =======