diff --git a/download.html b/download.html
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+++ b/download.html
@@ -182,16 +182,12 @@
 </ul>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li>Sandboxing: A special safe version.  Read the docs about <a class="reference external" href="features.html#sandboxing">sandboxing</a>.
-(It is also possible to <a class="reference internal" href="#translate">translate</a> a version that includes both
-sandboxing and the JIT compiler, although as the JIT is relatively
-complicated, this reduces a bit the level of confidence we can put in
-the result.) <strong>Note that the sandboxed binary needs a full pypy checkout
-to work</strong>. Consult the <a class="reference external" href="http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/sandbox.html">sandbox docs</a> for details. (These are old,
-PyPy 1.8.)<ul>
-<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-1.8-sandbox-linux64.tar.bz2">Linux binary (64bit)</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-1.8-sandbox-linux.tar.bz2">Linux binary (32bit)</a></li>
-</ul>
-</li>
+This version is <strong>not supported</strong> and not actively maintained.  You
+will likely have to fix some issues yourself, or checkout an old
+version, or otherwise play around on your own.  We provide this
+documentation only for historical reasons.  Please do not use in
+production.  For reference, there are some very old, unmaintained
+binaries for Linux (<a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-1.8-sandbox-linux64.tar.bz2">32bit</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-1.8-sandbox-linux.tar.bz2">64bit</a>).</li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="installing">
diff --git a/source/download.txt b/source/download.txt
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--- a/source/download.txt
+++ b/source/download.txt
@@ -179,16 +179,12 @@
 .. __: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/revdb/
 
 * Sandboxing: A special safe version.  Read the docs about sandboxing_.
-  (It is also possible to translate_ a version that includes both
-  sandboxing and the JIT compiler, although as the JIT is relatively
-  complicated, this reduces a bit the level of confidence we can put in
-  the result.) **Note that the sandboxed binary needs a full pypy checkout
-  to work**. Consult the `sandbox docs`_ for details. (These are old,
-  PyPy 1.8.)
-
-  * `Linux binary (64bit)`__
-
-  * `Linux binary (32bit)`__
+  This version is **not supported** and not actively maintained.  You
+  will likely have to fix some issues yourself, or checkout an old
+  version, or otherwise play around on your own.  We provide this
+  documentation only for historical reasons.  Please do not use in
+  production.  For reference, there are some very old, unmaintained
+  binaries for Linux (32bit__, 64bit__).
 
 .. __: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-1.8-sandbox-linux64.tar.bz2
 .. __: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-1.8-sandbox-linux.tar.bz2