diff --git a/_index.md b/_index.md
index ecff7485ab719..4b10d0828fc4b 100644
--- a/_index.md
+++ b/_index.md
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ For details on coding styles or how to use our project-specific tooling, see the
 [This page]({{< relref "hw" >}})
 contains technical documentation on the SoC, the Ibex processor core, and the individual IP blocks.
 
-While the repository is currently private and the work embargoed at these early stages, it will eventually be released publicly.
-
 ## Repository Structure
 
 The underlying
diff --git a/doc/ug/install_instructions/index.md b/doc/ug/install_instructions/index.md
index fe1d281d9414b..f6cd0fdd7a660 100644
--- a/doc/ug/install_instructions/index.md
+++ b/doc/ug/install_instructions/index.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Adjust as necessary for other Linux distributions.
 $ sudo apt-get install git python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools \
     build-essential autoconf flex bison ninja-build pkgconf \
     srecord zlib1g-dev libftdi1-dev libftdi1-2 libssl-dev \
-    libusb-1.0-0-dev
+    libusb-1.0-0-dev libtool
 ```
 
 Some tools in this repository are written in Python 3 and require Python dependencies to be installed through `pip`.