diff --git a/development/spyder/README b/development/spyder/README
index 99aec41bfc..a477bdefd3 100644
--- a/development/spyder/README
+++ b/development/spyder/README
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ Spyder (previously known as Pydee) is a powerful interactive development
 environment for the Python language with advanced editing, interactive testing,
 debugging and introspection features.
 
-Spyder requires Sphinx.  Optional dependencies for spyder are ipython, rope,
-matplotlib, numpy, pyflakes, pep8, pylint and scipy.
+Optional dependencies for spyder are ipython, rope, matplotlib, numpy,
+pyflakes, pep8, pylint, and scipy.
diff --git a/development/spyder/spyder.info b/development/spyder/spyder.info
index b8621245ce..b4a222ca8a 100644
--- a/development/spyder/spyder.info
+++ b/development/spyder/spyder.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://spyderlib.googlecode.com/files/spyder-2.1.10.zip"
 MD5SUM="bec278d765e93bcb88fda2828d01120c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="ipython matplotlib numpy pep8 pyflakes pylint rope scipy sphinx"
+REQUIRES="Sphinx"
 MAINTAINER="Larry Hajali"
 EMAIL="larryhaja[at]gmail[dot]com"