diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 31ba5d833..d7549f85f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,36 +34,8 @@ We're happy you want to contribute! You can help us in different ways:
    sudo make install
    cd src/test/regress
    make check-multi
-   ```
-
-#### Linux
-
-1. Install a C compiler and Git 1.8+
-2. Install packages
-
-   ```bash
-   # Using APT
-   apt-get update
-   apt-get install -y make git wget libreadline-dev libxslt1-dev libxml2-dev libselinux1-dev libpam-ocaml-dev
-
-   # Using YUM
-   yum install -y openssl-devel pam-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel readline-devel zlib-devel postgresql95-devel postgresql95-server
-   ```
-
-3. Install PostgreSQL 9.5 ([instructions](http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/))
-4. Get the code
-
-   ```bash
-   git clone https://github.com/citusdata/citus.git
-   ```
-
-5. Build and test
-
-   ```bash
-   cd citus
-   ./configure
-   make
-   sudo make install
-   cd src/test/regress
-   make check-multi
+
+   # if you enncounter an error about __cg_jpeg_resync_to_restart, try
+   # brew uninstall libpng
+   # and retry make check-multi
    ```