diff --git a/DEPENDS b/DEPENDS
index 1f9d05344..9292e1496 100644
--- a/DEPENDS
+++ b/DEPENDS
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@
  * gettext
  * pyxdg
  * geoip-database (optional)
-
- * libtorrent >= 0.14, or build the included version
-
- * If building included libtorrent::
-   * boost >= 1.34.1
-   * openssl
-   * zlib
+ * libtorrent >= 0.14.5
 
 === UIs ===
  * chardet
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f691fe7d8..7e24f3989 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ except ImportError:
 else:
     build_libtorrent = False
 
-if build_libtorrent:
+if build_libtorrent and os.path.exists("libtorrent"):
     # There isn't a system libtorrent library, so let's build the one included with deluge
     libtorrent = Extension(
         'libtorrent',