diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ff27f3c6a..0d9bef103 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ Installation
 
 To get the latest stable version::
 
- pip install --process-dependency-links daliuge
+ pip install daliuge
 
-Otherwise clone this repository, go inside,
-and run either ``pip install --process-dependency-links .`` (preferred)
-or ``python setup.py install``.
+You can also install directly from GitHub::
+
+ pip install git+https://github.com/ICRAR/daliuge
+
+Or if you plan to develop |daliuge|::
+
+ git clone https://github.com/ICRAR/daliuge
+ cd daliuge
+ pip install -e .
 
 .. |daliuge| replace:: DALiuGE
 .. _ICRAR: http://www.icrar.org
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8b6cf5275..894b063a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -184,11 +184,6 @@ def run(self):
 else:
     install_requires.append("zeroconf >= 0.19.1")
 
-# Packages that need to be installed from somewhere different than PyPI
-dependency_links = [
-    # None at the moment
-]
-
 # Extra requirements that are not needed by your every day daliuge installation
 extra_requires = {
     # spead is required only for a specific app and its test, which we
@@ -232,7 +227,6 @@ def run(self):
         'test.apps': ['dynlib_example.c']
       },
       install_requires=install_requires,
-      dependency_links=dependency_links,
       extras_require=extra_requires,
       test_suite="test",
       entry_points={