diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst
index c9fac6c7..6672f4aa 100644
--- a/doc/source/install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Poezio depends on two libraries:
 
 - aiodns_
 - slixmpp_
+- slixmpp can make use of cython_ to compile performance-critical modules and be faster
 
 .. versionchanged:: 0.9
 
@@ -144,6 +145,11 @@ poezio without a system-wide install, do, in the :file:`poezio` directory:
     ./update.sh
 
 
+.. note::
+
+    You should probably install cython (for python3) on your system using your
+    package manager, since the installation from pypi takes a long time.
+
 .. note::
 
     If you want to use a custom directory for the virtualenv used by poezio,
@@ -191,4 +197,5 @@ If you did, it should be in the ``$PATH`` as ``poezio``, so run:
 .. _up-to-date package: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/poezio
 .. _pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/poezio
 .. _development builds: http://dédié.jeproteste.info/poezio_debian/
+.. _cython: http://cython.org
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 91b1ba01..4718448c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ cython
 -e git+git://git.louiz.org/slixmpp#egg=slixmpp
 aiodns==0.3.2
 pycares==0.7
-pygments