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@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ Packet format is uniform between master <-> slaves and is structured like so:
 
 ### Inventory Search (query)
 
-* A sender node (master or slave) sends out a `ping`
-* All available slaves respond with `pong`
 * The sender node sends a packet with type `query`. Field `itemname` is populated with an item to query for.
 * Each available slave responds with type `query`.
   * `itemname` is populated with data from the previous packet