diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82c4b53..88c9ad7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -222,14 +222,7 @@ hciconfig                              # find the dongle, usually hci1
 ./pod -mode o5 -fresh -hci 1
 ```
 
-On a 4.2+ radio that still settles on 185, telling the controller to offer a long data
-length at connection setup is worth a try (the command does not exist before 4.2):
-
-```
-sudo hcitool -i hci0 cmd 0x08 0x0024 fb 00 48 03   # LE Write Suggested Default Data Length
-```
-
-Failing all of that, `-transport impossible` serves an app in the iOS Simulator over a
+Failing that, `-transport impossible` serves an app in the iOS Simulator over a
 socket, which carries whole packets and has no ATT MTU, so the radio stops mattering —
 see [Run against the iOS Simulator](#run-against-the-ios-simulator).
 
diff --git a/pkg/bluetooth/bluetooth.go b/pkg/bluetooth/bluetooth.go
index 22e5f73..6314fc6 100644
--- a/pkg/bluetooth/bluetooth.go
+++ b/pkg/bluetooth/bluetooth.go
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ func (b *Ble) MTUShortfall() error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("the phone negotiated an ATT MTU of %d, below the %d an %s packet needs, "+
 		"so its writes would be truncated. A phone asks for more only of a Bluetooth 4.2 or "+
 		"later radio: check this one with `hciconfig hci0 version`, and if it is older, plug "+
-		"in a 4.2+ dongle and name it with -hci (it will not be hci0). On a 4.2+ radio, "+
-		"`sudo hcitool -i hci0 cmd 0x08 0x0024 fb 00 48 03` is worth a try. Or run the app in "+
-		"the iOS Simulator over -transport impossible, which has no MTU",
+		"in a 4.2+ dongle and name it with -hci (it will not be hci0). A Pi that reports "+
+		"older than it should be is usually missing its Bluetooth firmware: see the README. "+
+		"Or run the app in the iOS Simulator over -transport impossible, which has no MTU",
 		mtu, needed, b.profile.Mode.Description())
 }