diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 115d1e3..7ba89c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,25 +18,18 @@ This code depends on the following libraries and requires them for compilation:
 
 * [PostgreSQL](http://www.postgresql.org) 9.6+
 * [Protobuf-c](https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c) 1.2+ - used for data serialization
-* [PostGIS](http://www.postgis.net/) 2.1+ - used for Postgres geometric types support
 
 ## Building
 
 `postgres-decoderbufs` has to be built from source after installing required dependencies.  The required dependencies are first PostgreSQL
-(for pg_config), PostgreSQL server development packages, protobuf-c for the Protocol Buffer support and some PostGIS development packages.
+(for pg_config), PostgreSQL server development packages, and protobuf-c for the Protocol Buffer support.
 
 ### Installing Dependencies
 #### Debian
 
-    # Core build utilities 
-    apt-get update && apt-get install -f -y software-properties-common build-essential pkg-config git postgresql-server-dev-9.6 
-    
-    # PostGIS dependency
-    apt-get install -f -y libproj-dev liblwgeom-dev
-
-    # Protobuf-c dependency (requires a non-stable Debian repo)
-    add-apt-repository "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib" && apt-get update
-    apt-get install -y libprotobuf-c-dev=1.2.1-1+b1
+    # Core build utilities
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -f -y build-essential pkg-config git libprotobuf-c-dev postgresql-server-dev-all
 
 When updating the ProtoBuf definition, also install the ProtoBuf C compiler:
 
@@ -47,7 +40,6 @@ The above are taken from the Debezium [container images](https://github.com/debe
 #### Other Linux distributions
 
 You just need to make sure the above software packages (_or some flavour thereof_) are installed for your distro. 
-Note that the last step from the above sequence is only required for Debian to be able to install `libprotobuf-c-dev:1.2.1`
 
 ### Getting the source code
 
@@ -139,8 +131,6 @@ The following table shows how current PostgreSQL type OIDs are mapped to which d
 | TIMESTAMPTZOID      | datum_string  |
 | BYTEAOID            | datum_bytes   |
 | POINTOID            | datum_point   |
-| PostGIS geometry    | datum_point   |
-| PostGIS geography   | datum_point   |
 
 ## Support
 
diff --git a/rpms/postgres-decoderbufs.spec b/rpms/postgres-decoderbufs.spec
index 98bf647..3a6f138 100644
--- a/rpms/postgres-decoderbufs.spec
+++ b/rpms/postgres-decoderbufs.spec
@@ -12,14 +12,11 @@ Source0:	https://github.com/debezium/%{name}/archive/v%{full_version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires:	gcc
 BuildRequires:	postgresql-devel >= 9.6, postgresql-server-devel >= 9.6
-BuildRequires:	postgis-devel >= 2
 BuildRequires:	protobuf-c-devel
 
 Requires:	protobuf-c
 %{?postgresql_module_requires}
 
-Recommends:	postgis
-
 %description
 A PostgreSQL logical decoder output plugin to deliver data as Protocol Buffers messages.