diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt
index 9a18d50d4..462af5729 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Ubuntu 14.04
+##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Ubuntu Trusty 14.04
 #build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++,
 build-essential
 #required to translate
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ libwebp-dev
 
 ##django-extensions
 graphviz-dev
+
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt
index f29f6b400..0688175be 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Ubuntu 14.04
-#build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++, 
+##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Ubuntu Xenial 16.04
+#build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++,
 build-essential
 #required to translate
 gettext
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+python3-dev
+{% else %}
 python-dev
+{%- endif %}
 
 ##shared dependencies of:
 ##Pillow, pylibmc
@@ -19,26 +23,6 @@ libfreetype6-dev
 liblcms2-dev
 libwebp-dev
 
-
 ##django-extensions
 graphviz-dev
 
-##hitch
-python-setuptools
-python3-dev
-python-virtualenv
-python-pip
-firefox
-automake
-libtool
-libreadline6
-libreadline6-dev
-libreadline-dev
-libsqlite3-dev
-libxml2
-libxml2-dev
-libssl-dev
-libbz2-dev
-wget
-curl
-llvm