diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index f37bc0448..9c6133ace 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ PACKAGES="$PACKAGES gettext"			# Provides 'msgfmt' which the apt build uses.
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES git"			# Used by the neovim build.
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES help2man"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES intltool"			# Used by qalc build.
-PACKAGES="$PACKAGES libcurl4-openssl-dev"	# XXX: Needed by apt build.
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev"	# Provides 'gkd-pixbuf-query-loaders' which the librsvg build uses.
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES libglib2.0-dev"		# Provides 'glib-genmarshal' which the glib build uses.
-PACKAGES="$PACKAGES libncurses5-dev"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES libtool-bin"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES lzip"
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES nasm"			# Used by libjpeg-turbo for x86_64.