diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e4defe15e..93133e3f5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ os: linux
 install:
   - sudo apt-get update
   - sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev npm
-  - pip install pyqt5 pyqtwebengine
 
 jobs:
   include:
diff --git a/README.development b/README.development
index 72c8fe823..2cce0994b 100644
--- a/README.development
+++ b/README.development
@@ -19,13 +19,8 @@ To start, make sure you have the following installed:
  - lame
  - npm
 
-If your distro provides PyQt5 and PyQt5-WebEngine packages, you can
-install them as well. If you go that path, make sure you install pyqt5-dev-tools
-as well.
-
-Otherwise, install them with pip:
-
-$ pip3 install PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine
+If the distro you are using has PyQt5 installed, make sure you have the PyQt5
+WebEngine module and development tools (eg pyqt5-dev-tools) installed as well.
 
 Then to run the development version:
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3dd8678ba..a8e2232cc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ jsonschema
 psutil; sys_platform == "win32"
 distro; sys_platform != "win32" and sys_platform != "darwin"
 typing
+pyqt5
+pyqtwebengine