diff --git a/src/intro/install.md b/src/intro/install.md
index 4abd819..1b69696 100644
--- a/src/intro/install.md
+++ b/src/intro/install.md
@@ -6,18 +6,12 @@ This page contains OS-agnostic installation instructions for a few of the tools:
 
 Install rustup by following the instructions at [https://rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs).
 
-Then switch to the beta channel.
-
-``` console
-$ rustup default beta
-```
-
-**NOTE** Make sure you have a beta equal to or newer than `1.31-beta`. `rustc
+**NOTE** Make sure you have a compiler version equal to or newer than `1.31`. `rustc
 -V` should return a date newer than the one shown below.
 
 ``` console
 $ rustc -V
-rustc 1.31.0-beta.4 (04da282bb 2018-11-01)
+rustc 1.31.1 (b6c32da9b 2018-12-18)
 ```
 
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