diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db83650..2b099ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ You can generate code, edit text, or have an interactive conversation with GPT m
 
 - Vim or Neovim compiled with python3 support
 - Setup [OpenAI API key](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys)
-- [openai-python](https://github.com/openai/openai-python) library (version 0.27+)
 
 ```sh
 # save api key to `~/.config/openai.token` file
@@ -30,13 +29,12 @@ export OPENAI_API_KEY="YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY"
 ### Using `vim-plug`
 
 ```vim
-Plug 'madox2/vim-ai', { 'do': './install.sh' }
+Plug 'madox2/vim-ai'
 ```
 
 ### Manual installation
 
 ```sh
-pip install "openai>=0.27"
 git clone https://github.com/madox2/vim-ai/
 mv vim-ai ~/.config/nvim/plugin/  # copy to the plugin directory
 ```
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 44156bb..7bf5e44 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ -n "$(which pip)" ]; then
-  echo installing deps using pip
-  pip install "openai>=0.27"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$(which pip3)" ]; then
-  echo installing deps using pip3
-  pip3 install "openai>=0.27"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-echo pip or pip3 not found
-exit 1
+# this is a legacy script, keeping here in case anyone runs it during updates
+echo [vim-ai] nothing to do here, running install.sh script is no longer needed
diff --git a/py/utils.py b/py/utils.py
index fb0f48f..0703a3b 100644
--- a/py/utils.py
+++ b/py/utils.py
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ def openai_request(url, data):
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
         "Authorization": f"Bearer {OPENAI_API_KEY}"
     }
-    # request_timeout is a leftover from the time when openai-python was used,
-    # it needs to be handled in a special way now
+    # request_timeout is a leftover from the time when openai-python was used
+    # moving it somewhere else would mean a breaking change, for now handling this way
     request_timeout=data['request_timeout']
     del data['request_timeout']
     req = urllib.request.Request(