diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The latest version of AVRDUDE is always available here:\
 
 To get AVRDUDE for Windows, install the latest version from the [Releases](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/) page.
 
-Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](#building-avrdude-for-windows) yourself from source.
+Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/wiki) yourself from source.
 
 ## Getting AVRDUDE for Linux
 
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ To install AVRDUDE for Linux, install the package `avrdude` by running the follo
 sudo apt-get install avrdude
 ```
 
-Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](#building-avrdude-for-linux) yourself from source.
+Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/wiki) yourself from source.
 
 ## Getting AVRDUDE for MacOS
 
 On MacOS, AVRDUDE can be installed through Mac Ports.
 
-Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](#building-avrdude-for-macos) yourself from source.
+Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/wiki) yourself from source.
 
 ## Using AVRDUDE
 
@@ -56,133 +56,5 @@ avrdude -c arduino -P COM1 -b 115200 -p atmega328p -D -U flash:w:objs/blink.hex:
 ```
 
 There are many different programmers and options that may be required for the programming to succeed.
-For more information, refer to the [AVRDUDE documentation](#todo).
-
-## General build instructions
-
-### Prerequisites
-
-Depending on your requirements, the following prerequisites are
-needed:
-
-* libelf including header files (for directly reading ELF files)
-* libusb 0.1 or 1.0 (or compatible), including header files
-* libftdi or libftdi1 (for direct access to FTDI devices)
-* libhidapi or libhid (for access to recent Atmel/Microchip dongles)
-
-### Building
-
-All source code is located in the `src/` subdirectory. Thus all
-instructions are relative to that directory.
-
-Source-code releases contain an up-to-date configure script that
-can be run to generate the required Makefiles:
-
-```console
-cd src && ./configure && make && sudo make install
-```
-At the end of the configure script, a configuration summary is issued,
-like this:
-
-```console
-Configuration summary:
-----------------------
-DO HAVE    libelf
-DO HAVE    libusb
-DO HAVE    libusb_1_0
-DO HAVE    libftdi1
-DON'T HAVE libftdi
-DON'T HAVE libhid
-DO HAVE    libhidapi
-DO HAVE    pthread
-DISABLED   doc
-DISABLED   parport
-DISABLED   linuxgpio
-DISABLED   linuxspi
-```
-
-Make sure all the features you are interested in have been found.
-
-Building the development source tree might possibly require to
-re-generate the configure script using the autoconf/automake
-tools. This can be done using the `bootstrap` script:
-
-```console
-cd src && ./bootstrap
-```
-
-## Building AVRDUDE for Windows
-
-### Windows Prerequisites
-
-TODO.
-
-### Windows Build Instructions
-
-TODO.
-
-## Building AVRDUDE for Linux
-
-### Linux Prerequisites
-
-To build AVRDUDE for Linux, you need to install the following packages:
-
-```console
-sudo apt-get install build-essential git automake libtool flex bison libelf-dev libusb-dev libftdi1-dev libhidapi-dev
-```
-
-To build the documentation, you need to install the following packages:
-
-```console
-sudo apt-get install texlive texi2html
-```
-
-### Linux Build Instructions
-
-To build AVRDUDE for Linux, run the following commands:
-
-```console
-git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude
-cd avrdude
-./bootstrap
-./configure
-make
-```
-
-To build the documentation for AVRDUDE, run the following commands:
-
-```console
-cd doc
-make all
-```
-
-## Building AVRDUDE for MacOS
-
-### Prerequisites
-
-The following things are needed to build AVRDUDE on MacOS:
-
-* a C compiler; either full XCode, or the XCode Command Line tools
-* autoconf, automake, libtool, hidapi, libftdi1, libusb, libelf;
-  they can be installed e.g. from Mac Ports using
-```console
-port install autoconf automake \
-  libtool hidapi libftdi1 libusb libelf
-```
-
-### Compilation
-
-Depending on the location of the prerequisites, the `CPPFLAGS` and
-`LDFLAGS` variables need to be set accordingly. Mac Ports installs
-everything under `/opt/local`, so use
-
-```console
-./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib
-```
-
-MacOS Brew requires
-
-```console
-./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar
-```
 
+For more information, refer to the [AVRDUDE documentation](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/avrdude-doc-6.4.pdf).