Makefile | 2 +-
 README   | 6 +-----

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85114c72e461ac589ad2898369fe57637c144d3c..7acef009c998ced87932585c36ccb32ce509dc1f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MANPREFIX = $(PREFIX)/man
 
 #CPPFLAGS += -DDEBUG
 #CFLAGS += -g
-LDLIBS = -lncursesw
+LDLIBS = -lcurses
 
 DISTFILES = noice.c strlcat.c strlcpy.c util.h config.def.h\
     noice.1 Makefile README LICENSE
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4f3b78964bea3e6d9aa1858941233e0c9731ecf4..236e5b4b1302df28711ce27148d5564ba4ba1f3e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -38,13 +38,9 @@
 It is known to work on OpenBSD, Arch Linux, Slackware, NetBSD, IRIX.  Some notes
 for building on certain systems follow.
 
- * NetBSD:
-
-    make LDLIBS="-lcurses"
-
  * IRIX:
 
-    make CC="gcc" LDLIBS="-lgen -lcurses"
+    make CC="gcc" LDLIBS="-lgen"
 
 
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