diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
index fa6da9b1e..77955eecc 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/prerequisites-source.xml
@@ -74,18 +74,6 @@
   1.14.0 or higher. It can be obtained from the its repository
   <link xlink:href="https://github.com/troglobit/editline" />.</para></listitem>
 
-  <listitem><para>The <command>xmllint</command> and
-  <command>xsltproc</command> programs to build this manual and the
-  man-pages.  These are part of the <literal>libxml2</literal> and
-  <literal>libxslt</literal> packages, respectively.  You also need
-  the <link
-  xlink:href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/xsl/">DocBook
-  XSL stylesheets</link> and optionally the <link
-  xlink:href="http://www.docbook.org/schemas/5x"> DocBook 5.0 RELAX NG
-  schemas</link>.  Note that these are only required if you modify the
-  manual sources or when you are building from the Git
-  repository.</para></listitem>
-
   <listitem><para>Recent versions of Bison and Flex to build the
   parser.  (This is because Nix needs GLR support in Bison and
   reentrancy support in Flex.)  For Bison, you need version 2.6, which
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md
index 311961fe9..69b7c5a5e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/prerequisites-source.md
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@
     obtained from the its repository
     <https://github.com/troglobit/editline>.
 
-  - The `xmllint` and `xsltproc` programs to build this manual and the
-    man-pages. These are part of the `libxml2` and `libxslt` packages,
-    respectively. You also need the [DocBook XSL
-    stylesheets](http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/xsl/) and
-    optionally the [DocBook 5.0 RELAX NG
-    schemas](http://www.docbook.org/schemas/5x). Note that these are
-    only required if you modify the manual sources or when you are
-    building from the Git repository.
-
   - Recent versions of Bison and Flex to build the parser. (This is
     because Nix needs GLR support in Bison and reentrancy support in
     Flex.) For Bison, you need version 2.6, which can be obtained from