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@@ -313,14 +313,6 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         https://systemd.io/SEPARATE_USR_IS_BROKEN
         https://systemd.io/THE_CASE_FOR_THE_USR_MERGE
 
-        Additional packages are necessary to run some tests:
-        - nc                 (used by test/TEST-12-ISSUE-3171)
-        - python             (test-udev which is installed is in python)
-        - python-pyparsing
-        - python-evdev       (used by hwdb parsing tests)
-        - strace             (used by test/test-functions)
-        - capsh              (optional, used by test-execute)
-
 POLICY FOR SUPPORT OF DISTRIBUTIONS AND ARCHITECTURES:
         systemd main branch and latest major or stable releases are generally
         expected to compile on current versions of popular distributions (at