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 <img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/zeromq/netmq/master/img/NetMQLogo.svg" width="350" />
 
-[![NetMQ NuGet version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/NetMQ.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetMQ/) [![NetMQ NuGet prerelease version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/vpre/NetMQ.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetMQ/) [![NetMQ download stats](https://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/NetMQ.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetMQ/)
+[![NetMQ NuGet version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/NetMQ.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetMQ/) [![NetMQ NuGet prerelease version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/vpre/NetMQ.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetMQ/)
 
 Release branch, for more information about NetMQ go to https://github.com/zeromq/NetMQ