diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d29cd37..87e37f7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ Ready for something meatier? These issues close critical gaps in our production
    source venv/bin/activate
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    pip install -e .
-   pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
    ```
 
 4. **Make your changes**
diff --git a/GETTING_STARTED.md b/GETTING_STARTED.md
index 17210ad..442f8b1 100644
--- a/GETTING_STARTED.md
+++ b/GETTING_STARTED.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
 # Install dependencies
 pip install --upgrade pip
 pip install -r requirements.txt
-pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 # Install in editable mode
 pip install -e .
diff --git a/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md b/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md
index ca5f7c5..05c7b92 100644
--- a/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md
+++ b/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ Post-processing (inference/)
 
 1. **Set up development environment**
    ```bash
+   pip install -r requirements.txt
    pip install -e .
-   pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
    ```
 
 2. **Run existing code**