diff --git a/depends/README.rst b/depends/README.rst
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 Depends
 =======
 
-``install_openjpeg.sh``, ``install_webp.sh``, ``install_imagequant.sh``,
-``install_raqm.sh`` and  ``install_raqm_cmake.sh`` can be used to download,
-build & install non-packaged dependencies; useful for testing with Travis CI.
+``install_webp.sh``, ``install_imagequant.sh``, ``install_raqm.sh`` and
+``install_raqm_cmake.sh`` can be used to download, build & install non-packaged
+dependencies; useful for testing with Travis CI.
 
 ``install_extra_test_images.sh`` can be used to install additional test images
 that are used for Travis CI and AppVeyor.
-
-The other scripts can be used to install all of the dependencies for
-the listed operating systems/distros. The ``ubuntu_14.04.sh`` and
-``debian_8.2.sh`` scripts have been tested on bare AWS images and will
-install all required dependencies for the system Python 2.7 and 3.4
-for all of the optional dependencies.  Git may also be required prior
-to running the script to actually download Pillow.
-
-e.g.::
-
-  $ sudo apt-get install git
-  $ git clone https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow.git
-  $ cd Pillow/depends
-  $ ./debian_8.2.sh
-  $ cd ..
-  $ git checkout [branch or tag]
-  $ virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 ~/vpy27
-  $ source ~/vpy27/bin/activate
-  $ make install
-  $ make test
-
diff --git a/depends/alpine_Dockerfile b/depends/alpine_Dockerfile
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-# This is a sample Dockerfile to build Pillow on Alpine Linux
-# with all/most of the dependencies working.
-#
-# Tcl/Tk isn't detecting
-# Freetype has different metrics so tests are failing.
-# sudo and bash are required for the webp build script.
-
-FROM alpine
-USER root
-
-RUN apk --no-cache add python \
-                       build-base \
-                       python-dev \
-                       py-pip \
-                       # Pillow dependencies
-                       jpeg-dev \
-                       zlib-dev \
-                       freetype-dev \
-                       lcms2-dev \
-                       openjpeg-dev \
-                       tiff-dev \
-                       tk-dev \
-                       tcl-dev
-
-# install from pip, without webp
-#RUN LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib /bin/sh -c "pip install Pillow"
-
-# install from git, run tests, including webp
-RUN apk --no-cache add git \
-				   	   bash \
-					   sudo
-
-RUN git clone https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow.git /Pillow
-RUN pip install virtualenv && virtualenv /vpy && source /vpy/bin/activate && pip install nose
-
-RUN echo "#!/bin/bash" >> /test && \
-    echo "source /vpy/bin/activate && cd /Pillow " >> test && \
-	echo "pushd depends && ./install_webp.sh && ./install_imagequant.sh && popd" >> test && \
-	echo "LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib make install && make test" >> test
-
-RUN chmod +x /test
-
-CMD ["/test"]
diff --git a/depends/debian_8.2.sh b/depends/debian_8.2.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Installs all of the dependencies for Pillow for Debian 8.2
-# for both system Pythons 2.7 and 3.4
-#
-# Also works for Raspbian Jessie
-#
-
-sudo apt-get -y install python-dev python-setuptools \
-    python3-dev python-virtualenv cmake
-sudo apt-get -y install libtiff5-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev zlib1g-dev \
-     libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev \
-     python-tk python3-tk libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
-
-./install_openjpeg.sh
-./install_imagequant.sh
-./install_raqm.sh
diff --git a/depends/fedora_23.sh b/depends/fedora_23.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Installs all of the dependencies for Pillow for Fedora 23
-# for both system Pythons 2.7 and 3.4
-#
-# note that Fedora does ship packages for Pillow as python-pillow
-
-# this is a workaround for
-# "gcc: error: /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1: No such file or directory"
-# errors when compiling.
-sudo dnf install redhat-rpm-config
-
-sudo dnf install python-devel python3-devel python-virtualenv make gcc
-
-sudo dnf install libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel freetype-devel \
-    lcms2-devel libwebp-devel openjpeg2-devel tkinter python3-tkinter \
-    tcl-devel tk-devel harfbuzz-devel fribidi-devel libraqm-devel
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diff --git a/depends/freebsd_10.sh b/depends/freebsd_10.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Installs all of the dependencies for Pillow for Freebsd 10.x
-# for both system Pythons 2.7 and 3.4
-#
-sudo pkg install python2 python3 py27-pip py27-virtualenv wget cmake
-
-# Openjpeg fails badly using the openjpeg package.
-# I can't find a python3.4 version of tkinter
-sudo pkg install jpeg-turbo tiff webp lcms2 freetype2 harfbuzz fribidi py27-tkinter
-
-./install_raqm_cmake.sh
diff --git a/depends/install_openjpeg.sh b/depends/install_openjpeg.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-# install openjpeg
-
-archive=openjpeg-2.3.1
-
-./download-and-extract.sh $archive https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-pillow/pillow-depends/master/$archive.tar.gz
-
-pushd $archive
-
-cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr . && make -j4 && sudo make -j4 install
-
-popd
diff --git a/depends/termux.sh b/depends/termux.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-pkg -y install python python-dev ndk-sysroot clang make \
-    libjpeg-turbo-dev 
-
diff --git a/depends/ubuntu_12.04.sh b/depends/ubuntu_12.04.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Installs all of the dependencies for Pillow for Ubuntu 12.04
-# for both system Pythons 2.7 and 3.2
-#
-
-sudo apt-get -y install python-dev python-setuptools \
-    python3-dev python-virtualenv cmake
-sudo apt-get install libtiff4-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev \
-    libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev tcl8.5-dev \
-    tk8.5-dev python-tk python3-tk
-
-
-./install_openjpeg.sh
-./install_webp.sh
-./install_imagequant.sh
diff --git a/depends/ubuntu_14.04.sh b/depends/ubuntu_14.04.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Installs all of the dependencies for Pillow for Ubuntu 14.04
-# for both system Pythons 2.7 and 3.4
-#
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get -y install python-dev python-setuptools \
-    python3-dev python-virtualenv cmake
-sudo apt-get -y install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev \
-    libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev \
-    python-tk python3-tk libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
-
-./install_openjpeg.sh
-./install_imagequant.sh
-./install_raqm.sh