diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fa8ad0e8..c539e130 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ node_js:
 before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lyrasis/precise-backports -y
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq automake gobject-introspection gtk-doc-tools libfftw3-dev libglib2.0-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libwebp-dev libtiff4-dev libexif-dev libxml2-dev swig graphicsmagick libmagick++-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq automake gobject-introspection gtk-doc-tools libglib2.0-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libwebp-dev libtiff4-dev libexif-dev libxml2-dev swig graphicsmagick libmagick++-dev
   - git clone https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips.git
   - cd libvips
   - git checkout 7.38
   - ./bootstrap.sh
-  - ./configure --enable-debug=no --enable-cxx=yes --without-orc --without-python
+  - ./configure --enable-debug=no --enable-cxx=yes --without-orc --without-python --without-fftw
   - make
   - sudo make install
   - sudo ldconfig
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2cfc21eb..b9a22f7b 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ The _gettext_ dependency of _libvips_ [can lead](https://github.com/lovell/sharp
 
 Compiling from source is recommended:
 
-	sudo apt-get install automake build-essential git gobject-introspection gtk-doc-tools libfftw3-dev libglib2.0-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libwebp-dev libtiff5-dev libexif-dev libxml2-dev swig
+	sudo apt-get install automake build-essential git gobject-introspection gtk-doc-tools libglib2.0-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libwebp-dev libtiff5-dev libexif-dev libxml2-dev swig
 	git clone https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips.git
 	cd libvips
 	git checkout 7.38
 	./bootstrap.sh
-	./configure --enable-debug=no --enable-cxx=yes --without-python --without-orc
+	./configure --enable-debug=no --enable-cxx=yes --without-python --without-orc --without-fftw
 	make
 	sudo make install
 	sudo ldconfig