diff --git a/DEV.md b/DEV.md
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@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ $ brew link autoconf@2.69
 
 The following other packages need to be available as well
 ```bash
-brew install openssl zstd hdf5
+brew install openssl zstd
 ```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -452,8 +452,6 @@ On macOS, the equivalent export would be (change path as appropriate):
 $ export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=<PATH_TO_DORADO>/dorado-x.y.z-osx-arm64/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
 ```
 
-This will let the Dorado binary pick up the shipped libraries and you will not need to manually install `libaec` and `zstd`. 
-
 ### Improving the Speed of Duplex Basecalling
 
 Duplex basecalling is an IO-intensive process and can perform poorly if using networked storage or HDD. This can generally be improved by splitting up POD5 files appropriately.