diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 1492a10d4cf..d8cd210c31b 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Requirements:
 * CMake 2.6 or newer (if compiling native code), must be 3.0 or newer on Mac
 * Zlib devel (if compiling native code)
 * openssl devel (if compiling native hadoop-pipes and to get the best HDFS encryption performance)
-* Jansson C XML parsing library (if compiling libwebhdfs)
 * Linux FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) version 2.6 or above (if compiling fuse_dfs)
 * Internet connection for first build (to fetch all Maven and Hadoop dependencies)