diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 2ee6ab0d..b5bacc00 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ Default variables
    :language: yaml
    :start-after: under the License.
 
-Required variables
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-None
+This role needs pip >= 7.1 installed on the target host.
 
 Example playbook
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 62847fc2..6396ef04 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -40,4 +40,3 @@ dependencies:
   - role: apt_package_pinning
     when:
       - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
-  - role: pip_install