diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 71696fb62..efd3fbeef 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ gettext
 graphviz
 libjpeg-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libjpeg-turbo-devel [platform:rpm]
-libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg]
-libxml2-devel [platform:rpm]
-libxml2-utils [platform:dpkg]
-libxslt-devel [platform:rpm]
-libxslt1-dev [platform:dpkg]
 python-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python-devel [platform:rpm]
 zlib-devel [platform:rpm]
 zlib1g-dev [platform:dpkg]