diff --git a/detection/nlp_text_splitter/README.md b/detection/nlp_text_splitter/README.md
index 06bbbfc..46956fa 100644
--- a/detection/nlp_text_splitter/README.md
+++ b/detection/nlp_text_splitter/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ this model lacks support handling for Chinese punctuation.
 # Installation
 
 To install this tool users will need to run `./install.sh`. By default this will set up a
-CPU-only PyTorch installation.
+CPU-only PyTorch installation. `./install.sh` requires a C++ compiler and the Python development
+headers to be installed. If they are not already installed, they can be installed by running
+`apt-get install g++ python3.8-dev`.
 
 Please note that several customizations are supported:
 
diff --git a/detection/nlp_text_splitter/install.sh b/detection/nlp_text_splitter/install.sh
index 45a4dbf..38d1f5c 100755
--- a/detection/nlp_text_splitter/install.sh
+++ b/detection/nlp_text_splitter/install.sh
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ install_py_torch() {
         pip3 install "$torch_package"
     else
         echo "Installing CPU only version of PyTorch."
-        # networkx is a dependency of PyTorch, but the version of networkx in the PyTorch package
-        # index requires Python 3.9. networkx needs to be installed in a separate command so that
-        # pip can get networkx from PyPi.
-        pip3 install 'networkx~=3.1'
         pip3 install "$torch_package" --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
     fi
 }
diff --git a/detection/nlp_text_splitter/pyproject.toml b/detection/nlp_text_splitter/pyproject.toml
index ef65a73..992a847 100644
--- a/detection/nlp_text_splitter/pyproject.toml
+++ b/detection/nlp_text_splitter/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,9 +33,5 @@ name = "nlp_text_splitter"
 version = "9.0"
 dependencies = [
     "spacy>=3.7.4,<3.7.6",
-    "wtpsplit>=1.3.0",
-    # Starting with version 8.2.5, thinc will try to compile C extensions during install.
-    # Restricting the version of thinc is easier than installing a C compiler in every component
-    # Dockerfile that uses the text splitter.
-    "thinc>=8.2.2,<8.2.5"
+    "wtpsplit>=1.3.0"
 ]