diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Setting up a dev environment
 Instructions that have been verified to work on Ubuntu 12.10,
 
 ```bash
-sudo apt-get -y install lxc wget bsdtar curl libsqlite3-dev golang git pkg-config
+sudo apt-get -y install lxc wget bsdtar curl golang git
 
 export GOPATH=~/go/
 export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH