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@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ If you maintain a publicly accessible Galaxy please consider signing up for this
 Deprecation Notices
 ===================
 
-* The Galaxy Sample Tracking and External Services functionality is now considered deprecated. In future releases we will strip down the related
-  user interface and introduce configuration option to keep relevant API controllers active if desired. `Related PR <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/pull/4526>`__.
+* The Galaxy Sample Tracking and External Services functionality is now considered deprecated. In the next releases we will remove it completely. Related PRs:`#4526 <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/pull/4526>`__ `#4872 <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/pull/4872>`__ .
 * The deprecated admin-only interface for Galaxy Data Libraries is staged to be removed in the next release.
 * Workflows API: When exposing WorkflowInvocationSteps ``state`` will no longer be available.
 * The ``refresh_on_change`` attribute of a ``<param>`` tag in the tool syntax can no longer be set to a value of another parameter. Use boolean instead (e.g.``refresh_on_change="True"``). `Details <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/issues/4810>`__