diff --git a/README b/README
index 4453aec51..35840b8fa 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Debian or Ubuntu system:
 
 sudo apt-get install g++ make python-all-dev python-all python-dbus \
     python-gtk2 python-notify librsvg2-common python-xdg python-support \
-    subversion libboost-dev libboost-python-dev libboost-iostreams-dev \
+    subversion libboost-dev libboost-python-dev \
     libboost-thread-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
-    libboost-serialization-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev python-setuptools \
+    libssl-dev zlib1g-dev python-setuptools \
     python-mako python-twisted-web python-chardet python-simplejson
 
 The names of the packages may vary depending on your OS / distro.