diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 999d08676..9a3df33cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project uses the changelog in accordance with [keepchangelog](http://keepachangelog.com/). Please use this to write notable changes, which is not the same as git commit log...
 
 ## [unreleased][unreleased]
+ - Chg remove entirely ncurses, not needed nowadays (@doegox)
  - Chg remove deprecated termcap, use ncurses instead (@ZeroChaos-)
  - Chg 'hf iclass encrypt' - now takes transport key as param. (@iceman1001)
  - Chg 'hf iclass decrypt' - now takes transport key as param. (@iceman1001)
diff --git a/COMPILING.txt b/COMPILING.txt
index 04ff1d8bf..b1f5cb960 100644
--- a/COMPILING.txt
+++ b/COMPILING.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+** BEWARE the instructions here might be outdated, better refer to doc/md/Installation_Instructions/ **
+
 The project compiles on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows (MinGW/MSYS).
 
 it requires:
@@ -7,7 +10,6 @@ it requires:
 - libusb
 - perl
 - an ARM cross-compiler to compile the firmware
-- libncurses5-dev
 
 and optionally QT for the GUI
 
diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index 1ca87678a..ccf7d5ab8 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ else
     LIBS := -I/usr/local/opt/readline/include $(LIBS)
 else
     LUALIB +=  -ldl
-    LDLIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs ncurses 2>/dev/null)
     LUAPLATFORM = linux
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Linux-Installation-Instructions.md b/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Linux-Installation-Instructions.md
index fe23db001..476309fb6 100644
--- a/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Linux-Installation-Instructions.md
+++ b/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Linux-Installation-Instructions.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Install the requirements
 
 ```sh
 sudo apt-get install p7zip git ca-certificates build-essential libreadline5 libreadline-dev \
-libusb-0.1-4 libusb-dev perl pkg-config wget libncurses5-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-dev libqt4-dev
+libusb-0.1-4 libusb-dev perl pkg-config wget gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-dev libqt4-dev
 ```
 
 If you don't need the graphical components of the Proxmark3 client, you can skip the installation of `libqt4-dev`.
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ If you get some (non blocking) error at runtime such as _Gtk-Message: Failed to
 ## On ArchLinux
 
 ```sh
-sudo pacman -Sy base-devel p7zip libusb readline ncurses arm-none-eabi-gcc arm-none-eabi-newlib git --needed
-```
-Additional AUR packages:
-```sh
-yaourt -S termcap
+sudo pacman -Sy base-devel p7zip libusb readline arm-none-eabi-gcc arm-none-eabi-newlib git --needed
 ```
 If you want graphical output (such as in `hw tune`):
 ```sh
diff --git a/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Windows-Installation-Instructions.md b/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Windows-Installation-Instructions.md
index db9a9084f..e2895f73a 100644
--- a/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Windows-Installation-Instructions.md
+++ b/doc/md/Installation_Instructions/Windows-Installation-Instructions.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Enter WSL prompt (`wsl`) and from there, follow the [Linux Installation Instruct
 ```sh
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install p7zip git ca-certificates build-essential libreadline5 libreadline-dev libusb-0.1-4 \
-libusb-dev perl pkg-config wget libncurses5-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib \
+libusb-dev perl pkg-config wget gcc-arm-none-eabi libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib \
 libqt4-dev
 ```