diff --git a/pull-debian-debdiff b/pull-debian-debdiff
index a4388df..33aafec 100755
--- a/pull-debian-debdiff
+++ b/pull-debian-debdiff
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ def pull_from_snapshot(package, version, unpack=False):
     except ImportError:
         import simplejson as json
     except ImportError:
-        Logger.error("Require python-simplejson or python >= 2.7 to be "
-                     "installed for snapshot.debian.org support")
+        Logger.error("Please install python-simplejson.")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     try:
@@ -173,11 +172,6 @@ def main():
     version = args[1]
     distance = args[2] if len(args) > 2 else 1
 
-    if not os.path.exists('/usr/bin/dget'):
-        Logger.error("dget is not installed. "
-                     "Please install the 'devscripts' package.")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     config = UDTConfig(opts.no_conf)
     if opts.debian_mirror is None:
         opts.debian_mirror = config.get_value('DEBIAN_MIRROR')
diff --git a/pull-debian-source b/pull-debian-source
index f6ea3d3..8e3daea 100755
--- a/pull-debian-source
+++ b/pull-debian-source
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ use File::Basename;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use AptPkg::Version;
 
-die("Please install 'devscripts'\n") if(! grep -x "$_/dget", split(':',$ENV{'PATH'}));
-
 my($name) = basename($0);
 my($help, $mirror, $no_conf);
 GetOptions('h|help' => \$help,
diff --git a/pull-lp-source b/pull-lp-source
index 08790c3..dc21710 100755
--- a/pull-lp-source
+++ b/pull-lp-source
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ from ubuntutools.lp.udtexceptions import (SeriesNotFoundException,
         PackageNotFoundException, PocketDoesNotExistError)
 from ubuntutools.misc import splitReleasePocket, dsc_url
 
-if not os.path.exists("/usr/bin/dget"):
-    print ("E: dget is not installed - please install the 'devscripts' package"
-           " and rerun this script again.")
-    sys.exit(1)
-
 def main():
     usage = "Usage: %prog <package> [release]"
     opt_parser = OptionParser(usage)
diff --git a/pull-revu-source b/pull-revu-source
index 9bce2f7..90bba61 100755
--- a/pull-revu-source
+++ b/pull-revu-source
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ use File::Basename;
 use LWP::Simple;
 use Getopt::Long;
 
-die("Please install 'devscripts'\n") if(! grep -x "$_/dget", split(':',$ENV{'PATH'}));
-
 my $REVU = "revu.ubuntuwire.com";
 
 my($package) = lc($ARGV[0]) || usage(2);