diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66b1020..07de77f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The following dependencies are assumed to be available on the target system and
 * `readlink`
 * `zip`
 
-Additionally, some scripts expect additional tools that should be automatically installed as composer dependencies to _this_ package:
+Additionally, some scripts expect additional tools that should be installed as composer dependencies in **your project:**
 
 * `bin/phpcs`
 * `bin/phpunit`
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Additionally, some scripts expect additional tools that should be automatically
 
 If these items are not available, some scripts may not function as expected.
 
+**IMPORTANT NOTE:** Previous versions of _this_ package automatically installed `CakePHP`, `PHP_CodeSniffer`, `PHPUnit`, `phpDocumentor`, `PHP-Parser`, and `PHPMetrics` via composer. These tools should now be added to your project's `composer.json` as specified below.
+
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -50,7 +52,13 @@ Your project's `composer.json` file should include something like this:
 ```json
 {
 	"require": {
-		"loadsys/cakephp-shell-scripts": "~3.0"
+		"loadsys/cakephp-shell-scripts": "~3.0",
+		"cakephp/cakephp": "~3.3",
+		"phpunit/phpunit": "~4.1",
+		"phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor": "~2.0",
+		"loadsys/loadsys_codesniffer": "~3.0",
+		"nikic/php-parser": "~0.9",
+		"phpmetrics/phpmetrics": "^1.10"
 	},
 	"config": {
 		"bin-dir": "bin"
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 09b901d..0f04bbc 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
             "email": "beporter@users.sourceforge.net"
         }
     ],
-    "require": {
-        "cakephp/cakephp": "~3.3",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.1",
-        "phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor": "~2.0",
-        "loadsys/loadsys_codesniffer": "~3.0",
-        "nikic/php-parser": "~0.9",
-        "phpmetrics/phpmetrics": "^1.10"
-    },
     "config": {
         "bin-dir": "bin"
     },