diff --git a/browser/components/loop/README.txt b/browser/components/loop/README.txt
index 2ac0262d621..c0fa663d1ed 100644
--- a/browser/components/loop/README.txt
+++ b/browser/components/loop/README.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-In order for the loop component to build, run the make-links.sh script to
-setup symlinks from the Gecko tree into your loop-client-repo for shared code,
-noting that you'll need to put the correct path inside the [[ ]] placeholder
-(and remove the [[ ]] characters).
+This is the directory for the Loop desktop implementation and the standalone client.
 
-$ export LOOP_CLIENT_REPO=[[/absolute-path/to/my/loop-client-repo/clone]]
-$ ./make-links.sh
+The desktop implementation is the UX built into Firefox, activated by the Loop button on the toolbar. The standalone client is the link-clicker UX for any modern browser that supports WebRTC.
+
+The standalone client is a set of web pages intended to be hosted on a standalone server referenced by the loop-server.
+
+The standalone client exists in standalone/ but shares items (from content/shared/) with the desktop implementation. See the README.md file in the standalone/ directory for how to run the server locally.
 
-Note that changes to the shared directories affect both the standalone
-loop-client and the desktop client. This means that sometimes, in order to
-make a desktop client patch, you'll need to get reviews on patches to both
-mozilla-central/gecko-dev as well as loop-client.
diff --git a/browser/components/loop/make-links.sh b/browser/components/loop/make-links.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6127b66bf8f..00000000000
--- a/browser/components/loop/make-links.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ `basename $PWD` != "loop" ]; then
-  echo "this script must be executed in the loop directory"
-  exit -1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d "$LOOP_CLIENT_REPO" ]; then
-  echo "LOOP_CLIENT_REPO in the environment must be set to a valid directory"
-  exit -1
-fi
-
-SHARED_CONTENT_TARGET=./content/shared
-rm -f ${SHARED_CONTENT_TARGET}
-
-SHARED_CONTENT=${LOOP_CLIENT_REPO}/content/shared
-ln -s ${SHARED_CONTENT} ${SHARED_CONTENT_TARGET}
-
-SHARED_TEST_TARGET=./test/shared
-rm -f ${SHARED_TEST_TARGET}
-
-SHARED_TEST=${LOOP_CLIENT_REPO}/test/shared
-ln -s ${SHARED_TEST} ${SHARED_TEST_TARGET}
-
-