diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/README.md b/src/cmd/compile/README.md
index 3fc7ca6ec66..cffb4e7a80f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/README.md
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ Unified IR is also involved in import/export of packages and inlining.
 
 ### 4. Middle end
 
-* `cmd/compile/internal/deadcode` (dead code elimination)
 * `cmd/compile/internal/inline` (function call inlining)
 * `cmd/compile/internal/devirtualize` (devirtualization of known interface method calls)
 * `cmd/compile/internal/escape` (escape analysis)
@@ -72,6 +71,8 @@ Several optimization passes are performed on the IR representation:
 dead code elimination, (early) devirtualization, function call
 inlining, and escape analysis.
 
+The early dead code elimination pass is integrated into the unified IR writer phase.
+
 ### 5. Walk
 
 * `cmd/compile/internal/walk` (order of evaluation, desugaring)