diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b31ad3a..b655236d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ Building this repository requires:
 
 * [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
 * [Grunt](https://gruntjs.com/)
-* [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)
 
 ## Setup
 
 ### Installing required tools
 
-The project uses [Grunt](https://gruntjs.com/) to run tasks and [Sass](https://sass-lang.com/) for CSS pre-processing. First make sure you have base dependencies installed: [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and [Grunt](https://gruntjs.com/). You can install Node using the [installer](https://nodejs.org/), Composer using the [installer](https://getcomposer.org/), and Grunt with npm:
+The project uses [Grunt](https://gruntjs.com/) to run tasks and [Sass](https://sass-lang.com/) for CSS pre-processing. First make sure you have base dependencies installed: [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) and [Grunt](https://gruntjs.com/). You can install Node using the [installer](https://nodejs.org/) and Grunt with npm:
 
 ```ShellSession
 $ npm install -g grunt-cli
@@ -38,11 +37,8 @@ After you have the base dependencies taken care of, you can install the project'
 ```ShellSession
 $ cd textpattern-com-website
 $ npm install
-$ composer install
 ```
 
-**npm** installs Node modules for Grunt and **composer** installs PHP libraries.
-
 ## Building
 
 This repository hosts sources and needs to be built before it can be used. After you have installed all dependencies, you will be able to run tasks using Grunt, including building:
@@ -108,11 +104,9 @@ For example:
 
 ## Plugins used
 
-All plugins we use are installed via Composer:
-
-* [`etc_cache`](https://github.com/etc-plugins/etc_cache) ✓ Composer
-* [`rah_comment_spam`](https://github.com/gocom/rah_comment_spam) ✓ Composer
-* [`smd_thumbnail`](https://github.com/bloke/smd_thumbnail) ✓ Composer
+* [`etc_cache`](https://github.com/etc-plugins/etc_cache)
+* [`rah_comment_spam`](https://github.com/gocom/rah_comment_spam)
+* [`smd_thumbnail`](https://github.com/bloke/smd_thumbnail)
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/public/humans.txt b/public/humans.txt
index 09ad62f3..d8dc3c8a 100644
--- a/public/humans.txt
+++ b/public/humans.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   Software:
     Node.js: https://nodejs.org/
     Grunt.js: https://gruntjs.com/
-    Composer: https://getcomposer.org/
     git: https://git-scm.com/
   Source: https://github.com/textpattern/textpattern-com-website