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 ## Running Jekyll locally
 
-To test out your changes locally it may be worth running [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) locally to generate the pages. However installing Jekyll, Ruby and their dependencies locally can be a bit of a challenge depending on your operating system, local permissions and paths.
-
-### Option 1: Run Ruby and Jekyll on your machine
+To test out your changes locally it may be worth running [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) locally to generate the pages. 
 
 Follow the instructions at [Testing your GitHub Pages site locally with Jekyll](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/testing-your-github-pages-site-locally-with-jekyll), with these extra notes:
 
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 * The "publishing source" is not the root folder of the repository, but the `docs/` directory, so you should be running your `bundle` commands in the `docs/` directory (the same location as the `Gemfile` which `bundle` reads from)
 * The site preview will become available at `http://localhost:4000/ro-crate`
 
-### Option 2: Run the site in a container using Docker or Podman
-
-If you have [Docker] you can avoid the Ruby/Bundler/Jekyll install dance and run from a container:
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-    make jekyll-docker-serve
-
-Then visit http://0.0.0.0:4000/ro-crate to browse a local rendering. 
-
-Alternatively, to render HTML files into `site/` folder, run:
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-    make jekyll-docker-oneshot
-
-Equivalent commands for using [Podman](https://podman.io/):
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-    make jekyll-podman-serve  
-    # or
-    make jekyll-podman-oneshot
-
 ## Using the ELIXIR Toolkit Theme
 
 The theme of this site is based on the [ELIXIR Toolkit theme](https://elixir-belgium.github.io/elixir-toolkit-theme/). All `*.md` files have "front matter" written in YAML which helps the theme to process them, for example: