diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2022cbfb..53ab77e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ jobs:
             ghostscript \
             img2pdf \
             libffi-dev \
-            liblept5 \
             libsm6 libxext6 libxrender-dev \
             pngquant \
             poppler-utils \
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 9fa250a9..32658d57 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ ocrmypdf, and install the following dependencies:
     sudo apt-get -y install \
         ghostscript \
         icc-profiles-free \
-        liblept5 \
         libxml2 \
         pngquant \
         python3-pip \
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ of ocrmypdf, and install the following dependencies:
     sudo apt-get -y install \
         ghostscript \
         icc-profiles-free \
-        liblept5 \
         libxml2 \
         pngquant \
         python3-distutils \