diff --git a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/brief-yoctoprojectqs.xml b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/brief-yoctoprojectqs.xml
index 6267a59a6d..421412ebe4 100644
--- a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/brief-yoctoprojectqs.xml
+++ b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/brief-yoctoprojectqs.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                 section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
             </note>
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo apt-get install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL; libsdl1.2-dev xterm
+     $ sudo apt-get install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
             </literallayout>
         </para>
     </section>
diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index d247b8e9fe..63260129cf 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -69,20 +69,21 @@
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_FILE "oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib \
      build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect \
-     xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2">
+     xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2 libegl1-mesa libsdl1.2-dev \
+     xterm">
 <!ENTITY FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
      ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum socat \
      python3-pexpect findutils which file cpio python python3-pip xz python3-GitPython \
-     python3-jinja2">
+     python3-jinja2 SDL-devel xterm">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
      diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar python3-pip \
-     python3-pexpect xz which python3-Jinja2
-     $ sudo pip3 install GitPython">
+     python3-pexpect xz which python3-Jinja2 Mesa-libEGL1
+     $ sudo pip3 install GitPython libSDL-devel xterm">
 <!ENTITY CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "-y epel-release
      $ sudo yum makecache
      $ sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat \
      perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue python34-pip xz \
-     which
+     which SDL-devel xterm
      $ sudo pip3 install GitPython jinja2">
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
index 6872883f77..5f2b9f6ce1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
@@ -192,13 +192,6 @@
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo apt-get install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Graphical and Eclipse Plug-In Extras:</emphasis>
-                        Packages recommended if the host system has graphics
-                        support or if you are going to use the Eclipse
-                        IDE:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev xterm
-                        </literallayout></para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Documentation:</emphasis>
                         Packages needed if you are going to build out the
                         Yocto Project documentation manuals:
@@ -222,18 +215,11 @@
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo dnf install &FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Graphical and Eclipse Plug-In Extras:</emphasis>
-                        Packages recommended if the host system has graphics
-                        support or if you are going to use the Eclipse
-                        IDE:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo dnf install SDL-devel xterm
-                        </literallayout></para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Documentation:</emphasis>
                         Packages needed if you are going to build out the
                         Yocto Project documentation manuals:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo dnf install make docbook-style-dsssl docbook-style-xsl \
+     $ sudo dnf install docbook-style-dsssl docbook-style-xsl \
      docbook-dtds docbook-utils fop libxslt dblatex xmlto
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
@@ -253,27 +239,13 @@
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Graphical and Eclipse Plug-In Extras:</emphasis>
-                        Packages recommended if the host system has graphics
-                        support or if you are going to use the Eclipse
-                        IDE:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo zypper install libSDL-devel xterm
-                        </literallayout></para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Documentation:</emphasis>
                         Packages needed if you are going to build out the
                         Yocto Project documentation manuals:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo zypper install make dblatex xmlto
+     $ sudo zypper install dblatex xmlto
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
-                <note>
-                    Sanity testing, through the
-                    <link linkend='ref-classes-testimage*'>testimage</link>
-                    classes, does not work on systems using the
-                    <ulink url='https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Wicked'>Wicked</ulink>
-                    network manager.
-                </note>
             </para>
         </section>
 
@@ -288,7 +260,7 @@
                         Packages needed to build an image for a headless
                         system:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo yum install &CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL; SDL-devel xterm
+     $ sudo yum install &CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
                         </literallayout>
                         <note><title>Notes</title>
                             <itemizedlist>
@@ -310,18 +282,11 @@
                             </itemizedlist>
                         </note>
                         </para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Graphical and Eclipse Plug-In Extras:</emphasis>
-                        Packages recommended if the host system has graphics
-                        support or if you are going to use the Eclipse
-                        IDE:
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo yum install SDL-devel xterm
-                        </literallayout></para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Documentation:</emphasis>
                         Packages needed if you are going to build out the
                         Yocto Project documentation manuals:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo yum install make docbook-style-dsssl docbook-style-xsl \
+     $ sudo yum install docbook-style-dsssl docbook-style-xsl \
      docbook-dtds docbook-utils fop libxslt dblatex xmlto
                         </literallayout></para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>