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We show strong convergence of the vorticities in the vanishing viscosity limit for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations on the two-dimensional torus, assuming only that the initial vorticity of the limiting Euler equations is in L p for some p > 1. This substantially extends a recent result of Constantin, Drivas and Elgindi, who proved strong convergence in the case p = ∞. Our proof, which relies on the classical renormalisation theory of DiPerna–Lions, is surprisingly simple.