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 - qcore
 - sqlite3
 
-## Setting up development environment
-
-Use [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) to setup and manage the virtual enviroment. From within the repo run 
-
-```bash
-$ poetry lock && poetry install
-```
-
-This will install all the dependencies required for development. To start a virtual environment run
-
-```bash
-$ poetry shell
-```
-
-To integrate with PyCharm (if you use it) see [PyCharm's Documentation](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/poetry.html#poetry-pyproject)
-
-
 ## Generate your own database
 1. Obtain the CRU fault system solution (ask a member of the software team for this file). It should be a zip file with the following structure
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