diff --git a/appliance/libguestfs-make-fixed-appliance.in b/appliance/libguestfs-make-fixed-appliance.in
index 08b882d63..121edc535 100644
--- a/appliance/libguestfs-make-fixed-appliance.in
+++ b/appliance/libguestfs-make-fixed-appliance.in
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Then copy all four files:
 
 into a directory somewhere, eg. /usr/local/lib/guestfs/appliance/
 
-Then build libguestfs (>= 1.16.7 or >= 1.18) from source, disabling
-the normal appliance and daemon:
+Then build libguestfs from source, disabling the normal appliance
+and daemon:
 
   ./configure --disable-appliance --disable-daemon
   make