diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 0a3a3bfc..7a01dd68 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ to build Alacritty. Here's an apt command that should install all of them. If
 something is still found to be missing, please open an issue.
 
 ```sh
-apt-get install cmake pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev python3
+apt install cmake pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev python3
 ```
 
 #### Arch Linux