remove rebar reference
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f3bd3b..09a0a71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,9 +161,16 @@
 
     https://github.com/janl/geocouch/compare/couchbase:couchdb1.3.x...couchdb1.3.x-plugins
 
-## Build this with
 
-   rebar compile
+## Build
+
+Build CouchDB as usual:
+
+    ./bootstrap
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make dev
+    ./utils/run
 
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