--- a/text/basic_properties.tex	Thu Jun 03 12:33:47 2010 -0700
+++ b/text/basic_properties.tex	Thu Jun 03 17:19:37 2010 -0700
@@ -106,5 +106,3 @@
 
 This map is very far from being an isomorphism, even on homology.
 We fix this deficit in Section \ref{sec:gluing} below.
-
-As we pointed out earlier, Property \ref{property:skein-modules} is immediate from the definitions.