diff --git a/README.development b/README.development
index 7b8de83b3..58291e9b3 100644
--- a/README.development
+++ b/README.development
@@ -90,14 +90,9 @@ Windows users (using Visual Studio)
 1. Download and install Python for Windows (not from Cygwin) and put `python.exe` (not `python3.exe`) on your system path.
 1. Download and install pip for your Windows Python.
 1. Download and install rust (compiler), npm, git and put them your system path.
-1. Download and install the pyaudio wheel from: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pyaudio
-   If that wheel do not work for you, you can download and build them from their source with the following steps:
-    1. Download and install Visual Studio 2017 or superior and:
-    1. `git clone https://github.com/evandroforks/portaudio`
-    1. Open the file `portaudio\build\msvc\portaudio.sln` with Visual Studio
-    1. Select the Solution Configuration as `Release` and the Solution Platforms as `x64` on the top toolbar
-    1. Go to the menu `Build -> Build Solution`
-    1. Copy the file `portaudio\build\msvc\x64\Release\portaudio.lib` to `C:\Python\libs\` (Or whatever your Windows Python is installed)
 1. Open a `cmd.exe` (command prompt) on the anki repository and run the command `sh run`
     1. Do not use `bash run` because it my call for Windows Subsystem for Linux
     1. Do not use any Cygwin terminal as `mintty.exe` because the `rust lang` compiler does not work with them
+    1. If got an error from pip trying to build the `pyaudio` library,
+        follow the installation instructions from: https://github.com/evandroforks/pyaudio
+        and install the `portaudio.lib` on your system.
diff --git a/svelte/Makefile b/svelte/Makefile
index 7b058bc50..db41f4270 100644
--- a/svelte/Makefile
+++ b/svelte/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
-ECHOCMD := /bin/echo -e
 
 .SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
diff --git a/tslib/Makefile b/tslib/Makefile
index c11b6e0e5..030d5ffe5 100644
--- a/tslib/Makefile
+++ b/tslib/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
-ECHOCMD := /bin/echo -e
 
 .SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR: