6 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/system/binfmt-support/binfmt-support.info b/system/binfmt-support/binfmt-support.info
index bf6c570f5a..86c34c4018 100644
--- a/system/binfmt-support/binfmt-support.info
+++ b/system/binfmt-support/binfmt-support.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/binfmt-support/binfmt-support
 MD5SUM="c62b74a8862575f321f8c1ef3e4b8a2e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="man-db"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Andrew Clemons"
 EMAIL="andrew.clemons@gmail.com"
diff --git a/system/fish/fish.info b/system/fish/fish.info
index b70ec030e0..af82a97165 100644
--- a/system/fish/fish.info
+++ b/system/fish/fish.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/releases/download/3.1.2/fish-
 MD5SUM="2e9f12a250dccb9ab0529ae6f77710a0"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="man-db"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Donald Cooley"
 EMAIL="chytraeu@sdf.org"
diff --git a/system/man-pages-fr/README b/system/man-pages-fr/README
index 89d72a6805..fbf9b3516b 100644
--- a/system/man-pages-fr/README
+++ b/system/man-pages-fr/README
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ French translation files for the man pages. This build includes both
 By default, the man pages are converted to ISO-8859-1 (aka Latin-1)
 encoding, which works well with LANG=fr_FR. If you're using a UTF-8
 locale, and the pages don't display accented characters properly,
-try rebuilding the package with UTF8=yes set in the environment, and
-possibly also install man-db.
+try rebuilding the package with UTF8=yes set in the environment.
diff --git a/system/man-pages-ja/README b/system/man-pages-ja/README
index 188afea3e4..79e1040db7 100644
--- a/system/man-pages-ja/README
+++ b/system/man-pages-ja/README
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ Notes:
 
   If this doesn't work, let me know and I'll update the build script.
 
-- Don't forget to source /etc/profile.d/man-db.sh or log out and back
-  in after installing man-db. Slackware's standard man can't handle these.
-
 - I tested with LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 in the environment. You can set this
   system-wide in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh, or per-user in e.g. .bash_profile.
 
diff --git a/system/man-pages-ja/man-pages-ja.info b/system/man-pages-ja/man-pages-ja.info
index 8cd22f19ca..efc3e662a6 100644
--- a/system/man-pages-ja/man-pages-ja.info
+++ b/system/man-pages-ja/man-pages-ja.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://linuxjm.sourceforge.jp/man-pages-ja-20201015.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="2ca73214a0027747ec3cc59e8059bc58"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="man-db"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="B. Watson"
 EMAIL="yalhcru@gmail.com"
diff --git a/system/man-pages-ru/man-pages-ru.info b/system/man-pages-ru/man-pages-ru.info
index 8d5e4afdd9..2274f4a3de 100644
--- a/system/man-pages-ru/man-pages-ru.info
+++ b/system/man-pages-ru/man-pages-ru.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/man-pages-ru/files/man-pages-ru_5.03-2
 MD5SUM="0b4bc884e9f94ca107de6a8eaa60f03e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="man-db"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="B. Watson"
 EMAIL="yalhcru@gmail.com"