diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 379fbc92..6c07be1b 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Installing
 
 1. [Overview](#overview)
+1. [Requirements](#requirements)
+   1. [Running](#running)
+   1. [Building](#building)
 1. [Arch Linux](#arch-linux)
 1. [Other](#other)
    1. [Setup](#setup)
@@ -27,6 +30,45 @@ https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fcft.git and
 https://codeberg.org/dnkl/tllist.git (see [Other](#other) below).
 
 
+## Requirements
+
+### Running
+
+* fontconfig
+* freetype
+* pixman
+* wayland (_client_ and _cursor_ libraries)
+* xkbcommon
+* [tllist](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/tllist) [^1]
+* [fcft](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fcft) [^1]
+
+[^1]: can also be built as subprojects, in which case they are
+    statically linked.
+
+
+### Building
+
+In addition to the dev variant of the packages above, you need:
+
+* meson
+* ninja
+* wayland protocols
+* ncurses
+* scdoc
+
+A note on compilers; in general, foot runs **much** faster when
+compiled with gcc instead of clang. A profile-guided gcc build can be
+more than twice as fast as a clang build.
+
+**Note** GCC 10.1 has a performance regression that severely affects
+foot when doing PGO builds and building with `-O2`; it is about 30-40%
+slower compared to GCC 9.3.
+
+The work around is simple: make sure you build with `-O3`. This is the
+default with `meson --buildtype=release`, but e.g. `makepkg` can
+override it (`makepkg` uses `-O2` by default).
+
+
 ## Arch Linux
 
 Install from AUR:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d97ec73..fc091990 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ The fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator.
 1. [DPI and font size](#dpi-and-font-size)
 1. [Supported OSCs](#supported-oscs)
 1. [Programmatically checking if running in foot](#programmatically-checking-if-running-in-foot)
-1. [Requirements](#requirements)
-   1. [Running](#running)
-   1. [Building](#building)
 1. [Credits](#Credits)
 1. [Bugs](#bugs)
 1. [Mastodon](#mastodon)
@@ -345,45 +342,6 @@ responses, all at once) to determine which requests the terminal
 emulator actually responded to.
 
 
-## Requirements
-
-### Running
-
-* fontconfig
-* freetype
-* pixman
-* wayland (_client_ and _cursor_ libraries)
-* xkbcommon
-* [tllist](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/tllist) [^1]
-* [fcft](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fcft) [^1]
-
-[^1]: can also be built as subprojects, in which case they are
-    statically linked.
-
-
-### Building
-
-In addition to the dev variant of the packages above, you need:
-
-* meson
-* ninja
-* wayland protocols
-* ncurses
-* scdoc
-
-A note on compilers; in general, foot runs **much** faster when
-compiled with gcc instead of clang. A profile-guided gcc build can be
-more than twice as fast as a clang build.
-
-**Note** GCC 10.1 has a performance regression that severely affects
-foot when doing PGO builds and building with `-O2`; it is about 30-40%
-slower compared to GCC 9.3.
-
-The work around is simple: make sure you build with `-O3`. This is the
-default with `meson --buildtype=release`, but e.g. `makepkg` can
-override it (`makepkg` uses `-O2` by default).
-
-
 # Credits
 
 * [Ordoviz](https://codeberg.org/Ordoviz), for designing and