Simplify installation instructions

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index d4e0090..7109c35 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -62,28 +62,9 @@ A compiled project can be installed with the `install` command:
     meson install
 
 You may need to acquire root permissions to install to a system-wide prefix.
-The `DESTDIR` environment can be set during this command to add a path to the
-installation prefix (which is useful for packaging):
+For packaging, the installation may be staged to a directory using the
+`DESTDIR` environment variable or the `--destdir` option:
 
     DESTDIR=/tmp/mypackage/ meson install
 
-The `--destdir` option can be used for the same purpose:
-
     meson install --destdir=/tmp/mypackage/
-
-Compiler Configuration
-----------------------
-
-Several standard environment variables can be used to control how compilers are
-invoked:
-
- * `CC`:       Path to C compiler
- * `CFLAGS`:   C compiler options
- * `LDFLAGS`:  Linker options
-
-The value of these environment variables is recorded during `meson setup`,
-they have no effect at any other stage.
-
-Note that there are also meson options that do the same thing as most of these
-environment variables, they are supported for convenience and compatibility
-with the conventions of other build systems.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5d729e..1baef6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,3 @@ no external documentation at this time.
   * [Installation Instructions](INSTALL.md)
 
  -- David Robillard <d@drobilla.net>
-
-[Meson]: https://mesonbuild.com/
-
-[Meson documentation]: https://mesonbuild.com/Quick-guide.html