diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index ad81f40b9..c13109788 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sudo swapon /swapfile
 ```sh
 # install build dependencies
 sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib \
-      autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget \
+      autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git zlib1g-dev wget \
       bsdmainutils automake curl unzip nano libsodium-dev cmake
 # clone git repo
 git clone https://git.hush.is/hush/hush3