diff --git a/academic/qgis/README b/academic/qgis/README
index eaaa7f3e8c..c61cc76292 100644
--- a/academic/qgis/README
+++ b/academic/qgis/README
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.  QGIS lets you browse
 and create map data on your computer.  It supports many common spatial
 data formats (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff).
 
-This requires proj, geos, gdal, gsl, numpy, and qwt.
-
 Optional dependencies include grass, postgresql, postgis, and gpsbabel.
 
 If you want to build the optional QGIS Server, you also need fcgi;
diff --git a/academic/qgis/qgis.info b/academic/qgis/qgis.info
index 31bc071191..4fe1c81026 100644
--- a/academic/qgis/qgis.info
+++ b/academic/qgis/qgis.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-1.7.4.tar.bz2"
 MD5SUM="ad6e2bd8c5eb0c486939c420af5d8c44"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="fcgi gdal geos gpsbabel grass gsl numpy postgis postgresql proj qwt"
+REQUIRES="gdal geos gsl numpy proj qwt"
 MAINTAINER="David Spencer"
 EMAIL="baildon.research@googlemail.com"