diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 199b020d8b..60758b5dcb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ CHANGES WITH 234:
 
 CHANGES WITH 233:
 
-        * This version requires at least gperf 3.1 for building, 3.0 is not
-          sufficient.
-
         * The "hybrid" control group mode has been modified to improve
           compatibility with "legacy" cgroups-v1 setups. Specifically, the
           "hybrid" setup of /sys/fs/cgroup is now pretty much identical to
diff --git a/README b/README
index bf010f8acf..5ebaf95796 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         libidn2 or libidn (optional)
         elfutils >= 158 (optional)
         pkg-config
-        gperf >= 3.1
+        gperf
         docbook-xsl (optional, required for documentation)
         xsltproc    (optional, required for documentation)
         python-lxml (optional, required to build the indices)