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-# Hello World PhoneGap Application [![bitHound Score][bithound-img]][bithound-url]
+# Hello World PhoneGap Application
 
 > A Hello World application built with PhoneGap
 
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 [phonegap-cli-url]: http://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-cli
 [cordova-app]: http://github.com/apache/cordova-app-hello-world
-[bithound-img]: https://www.bithound.io/github/phonegap/phonegap-start/badges/score.svg
-[bithound-url]: https://www.bithound.io/github/phonegap/phonegap-start