1 files changed, 9 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 7c4dfe8c0..70b429036 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ Build tools for compiling GNUnet from source:
 - makeinfo           >= 4.8
 - make[*3]
 - pkgconf or pkg-config
-- Texinfo            >= 5.2         [*1]
+- sphinx
+- sphinx-rtd-theme
+- sphinx-multiversion
 
 Direct dependencies of GNUnet:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -90,12 +92,9 @@ Direct dependencies of GNUnet:
 - gettext
 - gnutls             >= 3.2.12      (highly recommended a gnutls
                                      linked against libunbound)
-- curl (ideally built against gnutls) or gnurl:
-  * libgnurl         >= 7.35.0      (recommended, available from
-                                     https://gnunet.org/en/gnurl.html)
-  or
-  * libcurl          >= 7.35.0      (alternative to libgnurl)
+- libcurl            >= 7.85.0      (ideally built against gnutls)
 - libgcrypt          >= 1.6
+- libgmp             any            (is also an indirect dependency of gcrypt)
 - libunistring       >= 0.9.2
 - libidn:
   * libidn2 (preferred)
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ Direct dependencies of GNUnet:
                                      X.509 certificate
                                      for gnunet-gns-proxy-setup-ca)
 - libltdl            >= 2.2         (part of GNU libtool)
-- sqlite           >= 3.8           (default database, required)
+- sqlite             >= 3.35.0      (default database, required)
 - which                             (contrib/apparmor(?), gnunet-bugreport,
                                      and possibly more)
 - zlib
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ Direct dependencies of GNUnet:
 Dependencies of optional components/functionality:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - Database plugins (alternatives to sqlite):
-  * mysql            >= 5.1
   * postgres         >= 9.5
 - Transport plugins:
   * bluez (bluetooth transport)
@@ -138,12 +136,7 @@ Dependencies of optional components/functionality:
   * TeX Live           >= 2012        (for gnunet-bcd[*])
 - Documentation:
   * TeX Live           >= 2012        (for gnunet-bcd[*])
-  * texi2mdoc                         (for automatic mdoc generation [*2], not
-                                      the texi2mdoc script distributed with
-                                      autogen but the texi2mdoc C application)
-- Attribute-Based Encryption (experimental):
-  * libpbc             >= 0.5.14
-  * libgabe
+
 - PABC credential support
   * libpabc            any            (for re:claimID zero-knowledge privacy
                                       credentials)
@@ -183,17 +176,9 @@ Recommended software for developer tools:
     a limited subset ('texlive-tiny' in Guix) is enough.
 
 [*1] The default configuration is to build the info output of the
-     documentation, and therefore require texinfo.  You can pass
+     documentation, and therefore require sphinx.  You can pass
      '--disable-documentation' to the configure script to change this.
 
-[*2] If you still prefer to have documentation, you can pass
-     '--enable-texi2mdoc-generation' to build the mdocml ("mandoc")
-     documentation (experimental stages in gnunet).
-     If this proves to be reliable, we will
-     include the mdocml output in the release tarballs.
-     Contrary to the name, texi2mdoc does not require Texinfo,
-     It is a standalone ISO C utility.
-
 [*3] GNU make introduced the != operator in version 4.0.
      GNU make was released in october 2013, reasonable to
      be widespread by now. If this is not working out for
@@ -327,9 +312,7 @@ traversal).
 
 GNUnet requires the GNU MP library (https://www.gnu.org/software/gmp/)
 and libgcrypt (https://www.gnupg.org/).  You can specify the path to
-libgcrypt by passing "--with-gcrypt=PATH" to configure.  You will also
-need either sqlite (http://www.sqlite.org/), MySQL
-(http://www.mysql.org/) or PostGres (http://www.postgres.org/).
+libgcrypt by passing "--with-gcrypt=PATH" to configure.
 
 If you install from source, you need to install GNU libextractor first
 (download from https://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/).  We also