diff --git a/.github/workflows/haskell.yml b/.github/workflows/haskell.yml
index 2b47935..7c59f79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/haskell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/haskell.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |  
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install libicu-dev
         cabal update
         cabal build --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks
     - name: Build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09ffdc0..64d038d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ tinytools is still in BETA and may be unstable. Save often!!!
 
 ## pre-requisites
 
-This library depends on [text-icu](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/text-icu) which depends on the well-respected [ICU
-library](https://icu.unicode.org/) which must be installed separately. Please see [text-icu](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/text-icu) for instructions on how to install icu.
-
 ## from binaries
 
 Binaries are available for x86-64 OSX and Linux:
@@ -22,11 +19,6 @@ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minimapletinytools/tinytools-vty/pot
 ```
 
 Or see [https://github.com/minimapletinytools/tinytools-vty/releases](releases)
-NOTE currently ICU is dynamically linked and it's hardcoded to a specific version. 
-The linux version is hard-linked to v70 and the mac binary is hard-linked to v73
-the mac one should work fine if you installed icu4c via brew, however different linux distros seem to ship different versions of libicu-dev so that may not work for you :(. 
-
-If the binaries do not work, please build from source until I figure out a better way around this :(
 
 ## from source