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-<p align="center">
-    <a href="https://github.com/efabless/openlane2">
-        <img src="./docs/_static/ol2_banner.png" style="width: 70%;overflow: visible" alt="Banner explaining that OpenLane is currently only for hardening Caravel User Project-based designs targeting chipIgnite"/>
-    </a>
-</p>
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 <h1 align="center">OpenLane</h1>
 <p align="center">
     <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg" alt="License: Apache 2.0"/></a>