diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1f9360..55c4229 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,12 +75,9 @@ Let's say you have compiled and installed libretls in `$LIBRETLS`,
 then you can build `gmid` with
 
     ./configure CFLAGS="-I$LIBRETLS/include" \
-                LDFLAGS="$LIBRETLS/lib/libtls.a -lssl -lcrypto"
+                LDFLAGS="$LIBRETLS/lib/libtls.a -lssl -lcrypto -lpthread"
     make
 
-(Fedora requires also `-lpthread` for some reason)
-
-
 ### Testing
 
 The regression suite requires python3 at the moment.  Execute