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@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ sure to call e.g.
 	$ git submodule update --init
 
 A C++ compiler with C++20 support is required as well as some standard tools
-such as GNU Flex, GNU Bison (>=3.8), CMake (>=3.28), Make (or other CMake
-generator such as Ninja), and Python (>=3.11). Some additional tools: readline,
+such as GNU Flex, GNU Bison (>=3.8), CMake (>=3.28), GNU Make, and Python (>=3.11). Some additional tools: readline,
 libffi, Tcl and zlib; will be used if available but are optional. Graphviz and
 Xdot are used by the `show` command to display schematics.