diff --git a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos6.rst b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos6.rst
index 5f10f3715d..d1a4676657 100644
--- a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos6.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos6.rst
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ Add packages:
 
    sudo yum install git autoconf automake libtool make gawk \
       readline-devel texinfo net-snmp-devel groff pkgconfig \
-      json-c-devel pam-devel flex epel-release perl-XML-LibXML \
-      c-ares-devel
+      json-c-devel pam-devel flex epel-release c-ares-devel
 
 Install newer version of bison (CentOS 6 package source is too old) from CentOS
 7:
diff --git a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos7.rst b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos7.rst
index b157f540ab..fd02d7ff1f 100644
--- a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos7.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-centos7.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Add packages:
     sudo yum install git autoconf automake libtool make gawk \
       readline-devel texinfo net-snmp-devel groff pkgconfig \
       json-c-devel pam-devel bison flex pytest c-ares-devel \
-      perl-XML-LibXML python-devel systemd-devel python-sphinx
+      python-devel systemd-devel python-sphinx
 
 Get FRR, compile it and install it (from Git)
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diff --git a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora24.rst b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora24.rst
index 669cc4ae2f..f6d0d786fb 100644
--- a/doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora24.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/building-frr-for-fedora24.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Add packages:
 
     sudo dnf install git autoconf automake libtool make gawk \
       readline-devel texinfo net-snmp-devel groff pkgconfig \
-      json-c-devel pam-devel perl-XML-LibXML pytest bison flex \
-      c-ares-devel python3-devel python3-sphinx
+      json-c-devel pam-devel pytest bison flex c-ares-devel \
+      python3-devel python3-sphinx
 
 Get FRR, compile it and install it (from Git)
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