diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac5ffff..9b678af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-- any GNU/Linux system with `ps` obviously
-- `ps` available in `$PATH`
-- Some current Rust stable toolchain (Rust 2024 edition, Cargo)
+- GNU/Linux (process data is read from `/proc` via [sysinfo](https://crates.io/crates/sysinfo) — no external binaries required)
+- Rust stable toolchain (Rust 2024 edition, Cargo) for building from source
 
 Core crates: `ratatui`, `crossterm`, `sysinfo`, `nix`, `anyhow`, `users`.
 
diff --git a/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD
index 61ac95f..9987181 100644
--- a/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/archlinux/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h')
 url="https://github.com/l5yth/psn"
 license=('Apache')
 options=('!debug')
-depends=('procps-ng')
+depends=()
 makedepends=('cargo' 'git')
 source=("git+https://github.com/l5yth/psn.git")
 sha256sums=('SKIP')
diff --git a/packaging/gentoo/app-misc/psn/psn-9999.ebuild b/packaging/gentoo/app-misc/psn/psn-9999.ebuild
index ab0f23d..bbca03a 100644
--- a/packaging/gentoo/app-misc/psn/psn-9999.ebuild
+++ b/packaging/gentoo/app-misc/psn/psn-9999.ebuild
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ KEYWORDS=""
 IUSE=""
 PROPERTIES="live"
 
-RDEPEND="
-	sys-process/procps
-"
+
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-lang/rust
 "