diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 02bbaae6..c1ab69dd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 - OS: Linux
 - Python: 3.6+
-- `patchelf <https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf>`_
 
 Only systems that use `ELF
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format>`_-based linkage
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7aee6906..8ffc97f6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
     pyelftools>=0.24
     importlib_metadata; python_version < "3.8"
+    patchelf
 packages = find:
 package_dir =
     =src
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a029ace..ffb95664 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 extras = {
-    "test": ["pytest>=3.4", "jsonschema", "pypatchelf", "pretend", "docker"],
+    "test": ["pytest>=3.4", "jsonschema", "pretend", "docker"],
     "coverage": ["pytest-cov"],
 }
 extras["develop"] = sum(extras.values(), [])