diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -127,15 +127,13 @@
 During submission of patches, arcanist will automatically run `arc lint` to
 enforce Bitcoin ABC code formatting standards, and often suggests changes.
 If code formatting tools do not install automatically on your system, you
-will have to install clang-format-8, clang-tidy (version >=8), autopep8, flake8,
-phpcs and shellcheck.
+will have to install the following:
 
-To install clang-format-8 and clang-tidy on Ubuntu (>= 18.04+updates) or Debian (>= 10):
+On Ubuntu (>= 18.04+updates) or Debian (>= 10):
 ```
-sudo apt-get install clang-format-8 clang-tidy-8 clang-tools-8
+sudo apt-get install clang-format-8 clang-tidy-8 clang-tools-8 python-autopep8 flake8 php-codesniffer shellcheck
 ```
 
-
 If not available in the distribution, `clang-format-8` and `clang-tidy` can be
 installed from https://releases.llvm.org/download.html or https://apt.llvm.org.
 
@@ -146,13 +144,6 @@
 ln -s $PWD/clang+llvm-8.0.0-x86_64-apple-darwin/bin/clang-tidy /usr/local/bin/clang-tidy
 ```
 
-
-To install autopep8, flake8 and phpcs on Ubuntu:
-```
-sudo apt-get install python-autopep8 flake8 php-codesniffer shellcheck
-```
-
-
 Working with The Bitcoin ABC Repository
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