diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a706ebea3..41c966418 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ You can also specify a particular version of the design system. For example, thi
 yarn add https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri-design-system#v1.0.1
 ```
 
- Importable components and utilities are available under the `lib` path, for example:
+Importable components and utilities are available under the `lib` path, for example:
 
 ```javascript
 import KButton from 'kolibri-design-system/lib/KButton';
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ cd design-system
 yarn install
 ```
 
+(Note: if you see a timeout error like `ESOCKETTIMEDOUT`, you can configure yarn with a higher timeout value [as described here](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/5540#issuecomment-374069461).)
+
 Run the development server using
 
 ```bash
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ Icons are drawn from https://github.com/material-icons/material-icons and then c
 yarn run precompile-svgs
 ```
 
-We also output a set of reStructuredText replacement strings into the file ``docs/rstIconReplacements.txt`` which can be used in
+We also output a set of reStructuredText replacement strings into the file `docs/rstIconReplacements.txt` which can be used in
 user docs based on Sphinx. To update this file, run
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93b3411f7..ad04e5e03 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,24 +22,22 @@
     "lib"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "^7.9.6",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.9.6",
-    "@mdi/svg": "^5.3.45",
     "aphrodite": "https://github.com/learningequality/aphrodite/",
     "autosize": "^3.0.21",
     "css-element-queries": "^1.2.0",
     "fuzzysearch": "^1.0.3",
     "keen-ui": "^1.3.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
-    "material-design-icons": "^3.0.1",
     "popper.js": "^1.14.6",
     "purecss": "^0.6.2",
-    "svgo": "^1.3.2",
     "tippy.js": "^4.2.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@babel/core": "^7.9.6",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.9.6",
     "@material-icons/svg": "git+https://github.com/material-icons/material-icons.git",
+    "@mdi/svg": "^5.3.45",
     "@vue/test-utils": "^1.0.0-beta.27",
     "@vuedoc/parser": "^1.4.0",
     "babel-jest": "^24.1.0",
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@
     "jest": "^24.1.0",
     "kolibri-tools": "0.13.0-dev.9",
     "lockr": "^0.8.5",
+    "material-design-icons": "^3.0.1",
     "normalize.css": "^8.0.1",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "nuxt": "^2.0.0",
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@
     "prismjs": "^1.15.0",
     "raw-loader": "0.5.1",
     "sass-loader": "^8.0.2",
+    "svgo": "^1.3.2",
     "svg-icon-inline-loader": "^3.1.0",
     "vue-docgen-api": "^4.15.1",
     "vue-jest": "^4.0.0-0",