diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 15e26db98..b39623741 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -34,28 +34,26 @@ Tests are stored in the [tests](/tests) directory.
 
 Running tests locally:
 
-```
-make prepare-check && make check
-```
-
-The following packages are installed by 'make prepare-check'
-if they are not installed already:
+The following packages should be installed beforehand:
 
     python3-flexmock
     python3-requre
 
-Or you can run tests in a container:
-
-    make prepare-build
-    make build
-    make check-in-container
+```
+make check
+```
 
-The following packages are installed by 'make prepare-build'
-if they are not installed already:
+Or you can run tests in a container; the following packages should be
+installed beforehand:
 
     podman
     ansible-bender
 
+Then:
+
+    make build
+    make check-in-container
+
 The 'make build' command builds a local image with all the dependencies using
 [ansible-bender](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-bender);
 the 'make check-in-container' command runs the tests in a container created
@@ -93,16 +91,9 @@ Here are some important and useful targets of [Makefile](/Makefile):
 Use [ansible-bender](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-bender) to build container image from [recipe.yaml](recipe.yaml):
 
 ```
-make prepare-build
 make build
 ```
 
-Install packages needed to run tests:
-
-```
-make prepare-check
-```
-
 Run tests locally:
 
 ```
@@ -115,6 +106,12 @@ Start shell in a container from the image previously built with `make build`:
 make shell
 ```
 
+Run tests in a container:
+
+```
+make check-in-container
+```
+
 In a container, do basic checks to verify that ogr can be distributed, installed and imported:
 
 ```
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5be42d5aa..d05dac376 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,26 +2,10 @@ BASE_IMAGE := fedora:latest
 TEST_TARGET ?= ./tests/
 PY_PACKAGE := ogr
 OGR_IMAGE := ogr
-IS_FEDORA := $(shell uname -r | grep -c "\.fc[1-9]")
-ifeq ($(IS_FEDORA), 1)
-    PACKAGE_CHECKER := rpm -q --quiet
-    PACKAGE_INSTALLER := dnf install
-else
-    PACKAGE_CHECKER := :
-    PACKAGE_INSTALLER := :
-endif
-
-prepare-build:
-	if ! $(PACKAGE_CHECKER) ansible-bender ; then sudo $(PACKAGE_INSTALLER) ansible-bender ; fi
-	if ! $(PACKAGE_CHECKER) podman ; then sudo $(PACKAGE_INSTALLER) podman ; fi
 
 build: recipe.yaml
 	ansible-bender build --build-volumes $(CURDIR):/src:Z -- ./recipe.yaml $(BASE_IMAGE) $(OGR_IMAGE)
 
-prepare-check:
-	if ! $(PACKAGE_CHECKER) python3-requre ; then sudo $(PACKAGE_INSTALLER) python3-requre ; fi
-	if ! $(PACKAGE_CHECKER) python3-flexmock ; then sudo $(PACKAGE_INSTALLER)  python3-flexmock ; fi
-
 check:
 	@#`python3 -m pytest` doesn't work here b/c the way requre overrides import system:
 	@#`AttributeError: module 'importlib_metadata' has no attribute 'distributions'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db94c0760..75f252f91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ $ pip3 install --user git+https://github.com/packit/ogr.git
 
 ### Tests
 
-Run `make prepare-check` before first `make check`.
+Make sure to install prerequisite packages before first `make check`,
+`make build`, or `make check-in-container`. See CONTRIBUTING.md for
+details.
 
 # Contribution notes