diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75497f8d..27dc1608 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ Optional dependencies for module support:
 - libmpdclient (required by `internal/mpd`)
 
 ~~~ sh
-$ pacman -S cmake python2 boost xcb-util-image xcb-util-wm libxft wireless_tools alsa-lib libmpdclient
-$ apt-get install cmake cmake-data libboost-dev libfreetype6-dev libxcb1-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-xkb-dev xcb-proto python-xcbgen i3-wm libiw-dev libasound2-dev libmpdclient-dev
+# required
+$ apt-get install cmake cmake-data libboost-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libghc-x11-xft-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-ewmh-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev pkg-config python-xcbgen xcb-proto
+# optional
+$ apt-get install i3-wm libasound2-dev libmpdclient-dev libiw-dev
 ~~~