diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e903c9..ff90cc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,51 +1,14 @@
-all: rocksdb libuv
+all:
 	@g++ -O2 -std=c++11 $(FLAGS) \
-		-DROCKSDB_VERSION="\"4.13"\" \
 		-DSERVER_VERSION="\"0.1.0"\" \
-		-DLIBUV_VERSION="\"1.10.1"\" \
-		-Isrc/rocksdb-4.13/include/ \
-		-Isrc/libuv-1.10.1/build/include/ \
 		-pthread \
-		-o rocksdb-server \
 		src/server.cc src/client.cc src/exec.cc src/match.cc src/util.cc \
-		src/rocksdb-4.13/librocksdb.a \
-		src/rocksdb-4.13/libbz2.a \
-		src/rocksdb-4.13/libz.a \
-		src/rocksdb-4.13/libsnappy.a \
-		src/libuv-1.10.1/build/lib/libuv.a
+		-o rocksdb-server \
+		-lrocksdb \
+		-luv
 clean:
 	rm -f rocksdb-server
-	rm -rf src/libuv-1.10.1/
-	rm -rf src/rocksdb-4.13/
 install: all
 	cp rocksdb-server /usr/local/bin
 uninstall: 
 	rm -f /usr/local/bin/rocksdb-server
-
-# libuv
-libuv: src/libuv-1.10.1/build/lib/libuv.a
-src/libuv-1.10.1/build/lib/libuv.a:
-	cd src && tar xf libuv-1.10.1.tar.gz
-	cd src/libuv-1.10.1 && sh autogen.sh
-	mkdir -p src/libuv-1.10.1/build
-	cd src/libuv-1.10.1/build && ../configure --prefix=$$(pwd)
-	make -C src/libuv-1.10.1/build install
-
-
-# rocksdb
-rocksdb: src/rocksdb-4.13 \
-	src/rocksdb-4.13/librocksdb.a \
-	src/rocksdb-4.13/libz.a \
-	src/rocksdb-4.13/libbz2.a \
-	src/rocksdb-4.13/libsnappy.a
-src/rocksdb-4.13:
-	cd src && tar xf rocksdb-4.13.tar.gz
-src/rocksdb-4.13/librocksdb.a:
-	DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make -C src/rocksdb-4.13 static_lib
-src/rocksdb-4.13/libz.a:
-	DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make -C src/rocksdb-4.13 libz.a
-src/rocksdb-4.13/libbz2.a:
-	DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make -C src/rocksdb-4.13 libbz2.a
-src/rocksdb-4.13/libsnappy.a:
-	DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make -C src/rocksdb-4.13 libsnappy.a
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af2520d..f45eab4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,10 +22,20 @@ Please let me know if you run into build problems.
 Requires `libtool` and `automake`.
 
 Ubuntu users:
+
+```
+$ apt-get install build-essential libtool automake make
+```
+
+In case `libuv`, `rocksdb`, or `git` are not installed:
+
+
 ```
-$ apt-get install build-esstential libtool automake
+$ apt-get install git libuv1-dev librocksdb-dev
 ```
 
+
+
 To build everything simply:
 
 ```
diff --git a/src/libuv-1.10.1.tar.gz b/src/libuv-1.10.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 9928955..0000000
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diff --git a/src/rocksdb-4.13.tar.gz b/src/rocksdb-4.13.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 119ced2..0000000
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diff --git a/src/server.cc b/src/server.cc
index 05c3191..ce59bb7 100644
--- a/src/server.cc
+++ b/src/server.cc
@@ -134,11 +134,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		if (strcmp(argv[i], "-h")==0||
 			strcmp(argv[i], "--help")==0||
 			strcmp(argv[i], "-?")==0){
-			fprintf(stdout, "RocksDB version " ROCKSDB_VERSION ", Libuv version " LIBUV_VERSION ", Server version " SERVER_VERSION "\n");
+			fprintf(stdout, "RocksDB version %d.%d.%d, Libuv version %s, Server version " SERVER_VERSION "\n", ROCKSDB_MAJOR, ROCKSDB_MINOR, ROCKSDB_PATCH, uv_version_string());
 			fprintf(stdout, "usage: %s [-d data_path] [-p tcp_port] [--sync] [--inmem]\n", argv[0]);
 			return 0;
 		}else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--version")==0){
-			fprintf(stdout, "RocksDB version " ROCKSDB_VERSION ", Libuv version " LIBUV_VERSION ", Server version " SERVER_VERSION "\n");
+			fprintf(stdout, "RocksDB version %d.%d.%d, Libuv version %s, Server version " SERVER_VERSION "\n", ROCKSDB_MAJOR, ROCKSDB_MINOR, ROCKSDB_PATCH, uv_version_string());
+			fprintf(stdout, "Server version " SERVER_VERSION "\n");
 			return 0;
 		}else if (strcmp(argv[i], "-d")==0){
 			if (i+1 == argc){
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			return 1;
 		}
 	}
-	log('#', "Server started, RocksDB version " ROCKSDB_VERSION ", Libuv version " LIBUV_VERSION ", Server version " SERVER_VERSION);
+	log('#', "Server started, RocksDB version %d.%d.%d, Libuv version %s, Server version " SERVER_VERSION "\n", ROCKSDB_MAJOR, ROCKSDB_MINOR, ROCKSDB_PATCH, uv_version_string());
 	opendb();
 
 	uv_tcp_t server;
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index e931eff..7a7a6fd 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <uv.h>
 #include <rocksdb/db.h>
 #include <rocksdb/options.h>
+#include <rocksdb/version.h>
 
 extern rocksdb::DB* db;
 extern bool nosync;