diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0598558f311adf7495a3e7f60ec4b69e676816d..017cb286d1307db9afee0c5243b0beb6ff4d3caf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ fslpy
 
 The `fslpy` project is a [FSL](http://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/)
 programming library written in Python. It is used by
-[FSLeyes](https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/paulmc/fsleyes/).
+[FSLeyes](https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/paulmc/fsleyes/). See the
+[requirements.txt file](../blob/master/requirements.txt) for details on
+``fslpy`` dependencies.
 
 
 Documentation
@@ -13,24 +15,3 @@ Documentation
 Take a look at the [Documentation for
 developers](http://users.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~paulmc/fslpy/index.html) if you want
 to program with `fslpy`.
-
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-
-`fslpy` depends upon the following libraries:
-
-
-| Library                                                        | Version |
-| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
-| [indexed_gzip](https://github.com/pauldmccarthy/indexed_gzip/) | Latest  |
-| [props](https://git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/paulmc/props/)              | Latest  |
-| [matplotlib](http://matplotlib.org/)                           | 1.5.1   |
-| [nibabel](http://nipy.org/nibabel/)                            | 2.0.2   |
-| [numpy](http://www.numpy.org/)                                 | 1.11.0  |
-| [scipy](http://www.scipy.org/)                                 | 0.17.0  |
-| [six](https://pythonhosted.org/six/)                           | 1.10.0  |
-| [Sphinx](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/)                 | 1.4.1   |
-| [Sphinx RTD theme](https://github.com/snide/sphinx_rtd_theme)  | 0.1.9   | 
-| [wxPython](http://wxpython.org/)                               | 3.0.2.0 |
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 29b378c4b39b8b1dd30824cb3d1fda0ec9c987c1..66907e7b2e968361eb2f74831f0081f2ae191f88 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ six>=1.10.0
 numpy>=1.11.1
 matplotlib>=1.5.1
 nibabel>=2.0.2
+sphinx>=1.4.1
+sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.1.9
 git+https://github.com/pauldmccarthy/indexed_gzip.git#egg=indexed_gzip
 git+ssh://git@git.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/paulmc/props.git#egg=props