diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.asciidoc b/doc/INSTALL.asciidoc
index f75b09e26..6616c50a2 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.asciidoc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ qutebrowser should run on these systems:
 Install the dependencies via apt-get:
 
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-# apt-get install python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit python-virtualenv
+# apt-get install python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtwebkit
 ----
 
 To generate the documentation for the `:help` command, when using the git
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ repository (rather than a release):
 ----
 
 Then run the supplied script to run qutebrowser inside a
-http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/[virtualenv]:
+https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html[virtual environment]:
 
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 # python3 scripts/init_venv.py
 ----
 
 This installs all needed Python dependencies in a `.venv` subfolder. The
-system-wide Qt5/PyQt5 installations are symlinked into the virtualenv.
+system-wide Qt5/PyQt5 installations are symlinked into the virtual environment.
 
 You can then create a simple wrapper script to start qutebrowser somewhere in
 your `$PATH` (e.g. `/usr/local/bin/qutebrowser` or `~/bin/qutebrowser`):
@@ -102,19 +102,16 @@ Python 3 (be sure to install pip).
 * Use the installer from
 http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download5[Riverbank computing]
 to get Qt and PyQt5.
-* Run `pip install virtualenv` or
-http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#virtualenv[the installer from here]
-to install virtualenv.
 
 Then run the supplied script to run qutebrowser inside a
-http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/[virtualenv]:
+https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html[virtual environment]:
 
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 # python3 scripts/init_venv.py
 ----
 
 This installs all needed Python dependencies in a `.venv` subfolder. The
-system-wide Qt5/PyQt5 installations are used in the virtualenv.
+system-wide Qt5/PyQt5 installations are used in the virtual environment.
 
 On OS X
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