diff --git a/multimedia/mythtv/README b/multimedia/mythtv/README
index 6e8d9f44aa..222d2b14ad 100644
--- a/multimedia/mythtv/README
+++ b/multimedia/mythtv/README
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ and operating systems.  MythTV is known to work on Linux and Mac OS X
 
 See README.SLACKWARE after installation for setup information.
 
-This requires lame, MySQL-python, lxml, and perl-Net-UPnP.
-
-Optional but recommended:
+Optional but recommended dependencies:
 libdvdcss, libavc1394, libiec61883, jack-audio-connection-kit, libvdpau,
 gsm, xmltv, mjpegtools, xvidcore, x264, transcode, exif, and lirc.
diff --git a/multimedia/mythtv/mythtv.info b/multimedia/mythtv/mythtv.info
index 6800572fc9..a4134069a6 100644
--- a/multimedia/mythtv/mythtv.info
+++ b/multimedia/mythtv/mythtv.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/mythtv/mythtv-0.24.1.tar.bz2"
 MD5SUM="6870c679619ec58456e76839745411d8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="MySQL-python exif gsm jack-audio-connection-kit lame libavc1394 libdvdcss libiec61883 libvdpau lirc lxml mjpegtools perl-Net-UPnP transcode x264 xmltv xvidcore"
+REQUIRES="lame MySQL-python lxml perl-Net-UPnP"
 MAINTAINER="David Somero"
 EMAIL="dsomero@hotmail.com"