diff --git a/taxcalc.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/taxcalc.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index b93fe2de9..8667eb489 100644
--- a/taxcalc.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/taxcalc.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
 Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
 Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
 License-File: LICENSE
-Requires-Dist: setuptools
-Requires-Dist: numpy
-Requires-Dist: pandas
-Requires-Dist: bokeh
-Requires-Dist: numba
-Requires-Dist: requests
-Requires-Dist: paramtools>=0.18.3
 
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diff --git a/taxcalc/cli/tc.py b/taxcalc/cli/tc.py
index 5c8edead2..f27fc3c40 100644
--- a/taxcalc/cli/tc.py
+++ b/taxcalc/cli/tc.py
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ def cli_tc_main():
     pymin = tc.__min_python3_version__
     pymax = tc.__max_python3_version__
     if pyv[0] != 3 or pyv[1] < pymin or pyv[1] > pymax:  # pragma: no cover
+        pyreq = f'at least Python 3.{pymin} and at most Python 3.{pymax}'
         sys.stderr.write(
-            'ERROR: '
-            f'Tax-Calculator requires Python 3.{pymin} thru Python 3.{pymax}\n'
-            f'but Python {pyv[0]}.{pyv[1]} is installed\n'
+            f'ERROR: Tax-Calculator requires {pyreq}\n'
+            f'       but Python {pyv[0]}.{pyv[1]} is installed\n'
         )
         return 1
     # show Tax-Calculator version and quit if --version option is specified