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diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/README.md b/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/README.md
index 087ae053cf..644ca66445 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/README.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Included in Synapse is support for authenticating users via:
* A username and password.
* An email address and password.
-* Single Sign-On through the SAML, Open ID Connect or CAS protocols.
+* Single Sign-On through the Open ID Connect protocol.
* JSON Web Tokens.
* An administrator's shared secret.
diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/README.md b/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/README.md
index b94aad92cf..b6e0b080b5 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/README.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
# Single Sign-On
-Synapse supports single sign-on through the SAML, Open ID Connect or CAS protocols.
+Synapse supports single sign-on through the Open ID Connect protocol.
LDAP and other login methods are supported through first and third-party password
-auth provider modules.
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+auth provider modules.
+
+Note that this patchset removes SAML and CAS protocol support.
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diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/saml.md b/docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/saml.md
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@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# SAML
-
-Synapse supports authenticating users via the [Security Assertion
-Markup Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Assertion_Markup_Language)
-(SAML) protocol natively.
-
-Please see the `saml2_config` and `sso` sections of the [Synapse configuration
-file](../../../configuration/homeserver_sample_config.md) for more details.
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