diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 503c1a53a..a32ae8fb8 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Install the dependencies:
 
-apt-get install libpython2.7 pandoc psmisc python2.7 python-bcrypt python-cherrypy3 python-django python-passlib python-bootstrapform libjs-twitter-bootstrap sudo
+apt-get install pandoc psmisc python2.7 python-bcrypt python-cherrypy3 python-django python-passlib python-bootstrapform libjs-twitter-bootstrap sudo
 
 Unzip and untar the source into a directory.  Change to the directory
 containing the program. Run:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 298bc0bb5..bf6f8c021 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ default: config dirs docs
 all: default
 
 predepend:
-	sudo sh -c "apt-get install libpython2.7 pandoc psmisc python2.7 python-bcrypt python-cherrypy3 python-django python-passlib python-bootstrapform libjs-twitter-bootstrap sudo"
+	sudo sh -c "apt-get install pandoc psmisc python2.7 python-bcrypt python-cherrypy3 python-django python-passlib python-bootstrapform libjs-twitter-bootstrap sudo"
 	git submodule init
 	git submodule update
 	touch predepend