diff --git a/symmetric_mahler_equality_v2.txt b/symmetric_mahler_equality_v2.txt
index f7e5538..a0d3e29 100644
--- a/symmetric_mahler_equality_v2.txt
+++ b/symmetric_mahler_equality_v2.txt
@@ -1465,10 +1465,7 @@ HISTORICAL CONTEXT (background, not prerequisites).
   - Bos, L.; Calvi, J.-P.; Levenberg, N. "On the Siciak extremal function
     for real compact convex sets." Ark. Mat. 39 (2001), 245-262.
 
-COMPANION PAPER (context, not a prerequisite).
-  - OpenAI. "The Mahler Conjecture for General Convex Bodies."
-    Preprint (September 2026). Sharp bound e^n for the nonsymmetric case.
-    Not used here; the symmetric argument is independent.
+
 
 END OF PROOF.