diff --git a/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn b/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn
index 17b8635218..068d5c111c 100644
--- a/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/Fedora.mdwn
@@ -3,22 +3,5 @@ Installation recipe for Fedora 14.
 <pre>
 sudo yum install ghc cabal-install
 sudo cabal update
-sudo cabal install missingh
-sudo cabal install utf8-string
-sudo cabal install pcre-light
-sudo cabal install quickcheck
-sudo cabal install SHA
-sudo cabal install dataenc
-sudo cabal install monad-control
-sudo cabal install HTTP
-sudo cabal install json
-sudo cabal install hS3
-
-git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/
-
-cd git-annex
-sudo make   # For some reason you need to use sudo here as otherwise the cabal installed packages doesn't seem to be there...
-sudo install git-annex
+sudo cabal install git-annex
 </pre>
-
-Originally posted by Jon at <https://gist.github.com/997568> --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/install/OSX.mdwn b/doc/install/OSX.mdwn
index 12502e0900..680c331ee6 100644
--- a/doc/install/OSX.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/OSX.mdwn
@@ -4,26 +4,12 @@ Install Haskel Platform from [[http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html]]. T
 sudo port install git-core ossp-uuid md5sha1sum coreutils pcre
 
 sudo ln -s /opt/local/include/pcre.h  /usr/include/pcre.h # This is hack that allows pcre-light to find pcre
-sudo cabal update
-sudo cabal install missingh
-sudo cabal install utf8-string
-sudo cabal install pcre-light
-sudo cabal install quickcheck  
-sudo cabal install SHA
-sudo cabal install dataenc
-sudo cabal install monad-control
-sudo cabal install HTTP
-sudo cabal install json
-sudo cabal install hS3 # optional
 
 # optional: this will enable the gnu tools, (to give sha224sum etc..., it does not override the BSD userland)
 export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/libexec/gnubin
 
-git clone  git://git-annex.branchable.com/
-
-cd git-annex
-make
-sudo make install
+sudo cabal update
+sudo cabal install git-annex
 </pre>
 
 Originally posted by Jon at <https://gist.github.com/671785> --[[Joey]], modified by [[kristianrumberg]]