diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
index eea39e6..03a1b2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Install Linux Dependencies"
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
-        run: sudo apt install libboost-graph-dev uuid-dev
+        run: sudo apt install libboost-graph-dev
 
       - name: "Install boost for windows"
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Install Linux Dependencies"
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
-        run: sudo apt install libboost-graph-dev uuid-dev
+        run: sudo apt install libboost-graph-dev
 
       - name: "Install boost for windows"
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad5efb0..efd6cc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -637,10 +637,10 @@ Binaries using multiple formats are provided in the [release](https://github.com
 
 ## Build
 
-This depends on cmake, uuid-dev and libboost-graph-dev
+This depends on cmake, and libboost-graph-dev
 On Linux:
 ```sh
-sudo apt install make uuid-dev libboost-graph-dev cmake default-jdk;
+sudo apt install make libboost-graph-dev cmake default-jdk;
 mkdir build;
 cd build;
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 0614fc2..00c386d 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ parts:
       - pkg-config
       - unzip
       - curl
-      - uuid-dev
       - openjdk-11-jdk
       - libboost-graph-dev
     override-pull: |