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 <a href="https://plotly.com/javascript/"><img src="https://images.plot.ly/logo/plotlyjs-logo@2x.png" height="70"></a>
 
 [![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/plotly.js.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/js/plotly.js)
-[![circle ci](https://circleci.com/gh/plotly/plotly.js.png?&style=shield&circle-token=1f42a03b242bd969756fc3e53ede204af9b507c0)](https://circleci.com/gh/plotly/plotly.js)
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 [![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
 [Plotly.js](https://plotly.com/javascript) is a standalone Javascript data visualization library, and it also powers the Python and R modules named `plotly` in those respective ecosystems (referred to as [Plotly.py](https://plotly.com/python) and [Plotly.R](http://plotly.com/r)).
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+- updated CircleCI badge in ReadME