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@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/shivammathur/setup-php" title="Code coverage"><img alt="Codecov Code Coverage" src="https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/shivammathur/setup-php?logo=codecov"></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/blob/master/LICENSE" title="license"><img alt="LICENSE" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-428f7e.svg?logo=open%20source%20initiative&logoColor=white&labelColor=555555"></a>
   <a href="#tada-php-support" title="PHP Versions Supported"><img alt="PHP Versions Supported" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/php-5.3%20to%208.2-777bb3.svg?logo=php&logoColor=white&labelColor=555555"></a>
-  <a href="https://beta.stepsecurity.io/npm/setup-php"><img alt="release verified" src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://beta.api.stepsecurity.io/v1/npm/setup-php/badge?q=1"></a>
 </p>
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