diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index df2818e1f598..6eed72389a86 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -47,15 +47,7 @@ A C++ toolchain: [required]
         Either {g++, clang}
 
 Meson Build system: [required]
-        meson (>= 0.56) ninja-build pkg-config
-
-        If your distribution doesn't provide a recent enough version of meson,
-        you can install or upgrade it using pip3.
-
-        .. code::
-
-            pip3 install --user meson
-            pip3 install --user --upgrade meson
+        meson (>= 0.57) ninja-build pkg-config
 
 for the libcamera core: [required]
         libyaml-dev python3-yaml python3-ply python3-jinja2