diff --git a/README-prereq b/README-prereq
index d8108d0..c4ddd5a 100644
--- a/README-prereq
+++ b/README-prereq
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ as well as by 'make'.  They include:
 - Make       <https://www.gnu.org/software/make/>
 - Perl       <https://www.cpan.org/>
 - Pkg-config <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/>
-- Rsync      <https://rsync.samba.org/>
 - Tar        <https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>
 - Texinfo    <https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>
 - Wget       <https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/>
diff --git a/bootstrap.conf b/bootstrap.conf
index 2551537..50948a6 100644
--- a/bootstrap.conf
+++ b/bootstrap.conf
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ gettext    -
 git        1.4.4
 gzip       -
 makeinfo   -
-rsync      -
 tar        -
 "