diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 311991452..9c1db1e6d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
 ::
 
     apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
-        libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-all-dev \
+        libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev \
         libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev
 
 then execute the following: