diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 6e1aec2..ab87528 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -1,31 +1 @@
-# This file is used by tools/utils.py to generate version strings.
-# The numbers are changed as follows:
-#
-#  * New release cycle has begun (i.e. stable release was just made):
-#     - increase MINOR by 1
-#     - set "PATCH 0"
-#     - set "PRERELEASE 0"
-#     - set "PRERELEASE_PATCH 0"
-#
-#  * Doing a push-to-trunk from bleeding_edge:
-#    (The first push-to-trunk in the release cycle will set PRERELEASE to 0)
-#     - increase PRERELEASE by 1
-#     - set "PRERELEASE_PATCH 0"
-#
-#  * Doing a cherry-pick to trunk:
-#     - increase PRERELEASE_PATCH by 1
-#
-#  * Making a stable release (i.e. new stable branch):
-#     - set "PRERELEASE 0"
-#     - set "PRERELEASE_PATCH 0"
-#    The new stable release version will sort higher than the prereleases.
-#
-#  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
-#     - increase PATCH by 1
-#
-CHANNEL be
-MAJOR 2
-MINOR 10
-PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
-PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
+PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
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