diff --git a/minplayer/makefile b/minplayer/makefile
index 26425282..705ef8cc 100644
--- a/minplayer/makefile
+++ b/minplayer/makefile
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ fixjsstyle: ${files}
 
 # Install the necessary tools.
 tools:
-	apt-get install python-setuptools
-	apt-get install unzip
-	easy_install http://closure-linter.googlecode.com/files/closure_linter-latest.tar.gz
 	wget http://jsdoc-toolkit.googlecode.com/files/jsdoc_toolkit-2.4.0.zip -P tools
 	unzip tools/jsdoc_toolkit-2.4.0.zip -d tools
 	mv tools/jsdoc_toolkit-2.4.0/jsdoc-toolkit tools/jsdoc-toolkit
diff --git a/tools/README.md b/tools/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cca552e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+This is a tools folder used to run the makefile.  You can easily get all the
+necessary tools by navigating to the player folder within Terminal, and then
+type the following command.
+
+  sudo make -B tools