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@@ -11,17 +11,11 @@ The following are some helpful notes on how to run Bitcoin on your native platfo
 
 ### Unix
 
-You need the Qt4 run-time libraries to run Bitcoin-Qt. On Debian or Ubuntu:
-
-	sudo apt-get install libqtgui4
-
 Unpack the files into a directory and run:
 
 - bin/32/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 32-bit) or bin/32/bitcoind (headless, 32-bit)
 - bin/64/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 64-bit) or bin/64/bitcoind (headless, 64-bit)
 
-
-
 ### Windows
 
 Unpack the files into a directory, and then run bitcoin-qt.exe.