diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 Install all the code formatting tools on Debian Bullseye (11) or Ubuntu 20.04:
 ```
-sudo apt-get install python3-autopep8 python3-pip php-codesniffer shellcheck yamllint
+sudo apt-get install python3-pip php-codesniffer shellcheck yamllint
 pip3 install "black>=23.0" "isort>=5.6.4" "mypy>=0.910" "flynt>=0.78" "flake8>=5" flake8-comprehensions flake8-builtins
 echo "export PATH=\"`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.bashrc
 source ~/.bashrc
diff --git a/contrib/utils/install-dependencies-bullseye.sh b/contrib/utils/install-dependencies-bullseye.sh
--- a/contrib/utils/install-dependencies-bullseye.sh
+++ b/contrib/utils/install-dependencies-bullseye.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
   pkg-config
   protobuf-compiler
   python3
-  python3-autopep8
   python3-pip
   python3-setuptools
   python3-yaml