diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index d0ae8716d1..d247b8e9fe 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -69,17 +69,20 @@
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_FILE "oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib \
      build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect \
-     xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping">
+     xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2">
 <!ENTITY FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
      ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum socat \
-     python3-pexpect findutils which file cpio python python3-pip xz">
+     python3-pexpect findutils which file cpio python python3-pip xz python3-GitPython \
+     python3-jinja2">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
      diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar python3-pip \
-     python3-pexpect xz which">
+     python3-pexpect xz which python3-Jinja2
+     $ sudo pip3 install GitPython">
 <!ENTITY CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "-y epel-release
      $ sudo yum makecache
      $ sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat \
      perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue python34-pip xz \
-     which">
+     which
+     $ sudo pip3 install GitPython jinja2">
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
index a7fa3ba813..6872883f77 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
@@ -205,13 +205,6 @@
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo apt-get install make xsltproc docbook-utils fop dblatex xmlto
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>OpenEmbedded Self-Test (<filename>oe-selftest</filename>):</emphasis>
-                        Packages needed if you are going to run
-                        <filename>oe-selftest</filename>:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo apt-get install python-git
-                        </literallayout>
-                        </para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
             </para>
         </section>
@@ -243,13 +236,6 @@
      $ sudo dnf install make docbook-style-dsssl docbook-style-xsl \
      docbook-dtds docbook-utils fop libxslt dblatex xmlto
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>OpenEmbedded Self-Test (<filename>oe-selftest</filename>):</emphasis>
-                        Packages needed if you are going to run
-                        <filename>oe-selftest</filename>:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo dnf install python3-GitPython
-                        </literallayout>
-                        </para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
             </para>
         </section>
@@ -280,12 +266,6 @@
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo zypper install make dblatex xmlto
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>OpenEmbedded Self-Test (<filename>oe-selftest</filename>):</emphasis>
-                        Packages needed if you are going to run
-                        <filename>oe-selftest</filename>:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo zypper install python-GitPython
-                        </literallayout></para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
                 <note>
                     Sanity testing, through the
@@ -344,13 +324,6 @@
      $ sudo yum install make docbook-style-dsssl docbook-style-xsl \
      docbook-dtds docbook-utils fop libxslt dblatex xmlto
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>OpenEmbedded Self-Test (<filename>oe-selftest</filename>):</emphasis>
-                        Packages needed if you are going to run
-                        <filename>oe-selftest</filename>:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo yum install GitPython
-                        </literallayout>
-                        </para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
             </para>
         </section>