diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 2fe6e7c1..c25c48ec 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@ gettext
 graphviz
 libjpeg-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libjpeg-turbo-devel [platform:rpm]
-python-dev [platform:dpkg]
-python-devel [platform:rpm]
 zlib-devel [platform:rpm]
 zlib1g-dev [platform:dpkg]