diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b147b3d..ed52a337 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,12 +89,14 @@ You can install NeMo-Curator from PyPi, from source or get it through the NeMo F
 To install the CPU-only modules:
 
 ```bash
+pip install cython
 pip install nemo-curator
 ```
 
 To install the CPU and CUDA-accelerated modules:
 
 ```bash
+pip install cython
 pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com nemo-curator[cuda12x]
 ```
 
@@ -112,12 +114,14 @@ pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com nemo-curator[cuda12x]
     To install the CPU-only modules:
 
     ```bash
+    pip install cython
     pip install .
     ```
 
     To install the CPU and CUDA-accelerated modules:
 
     ```bash
+    pip install cython
     pip install --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com ".[cuda12x]"
     ```
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6035ebdc..ca12e147 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
         "presidio-anonymizer==2.2.351",
         "usaddress==0.5.10",
         "nemo_toolkit[nlp]>=1.23.0",
-        "Cython",
         "crossfit @ git+https://github.com/rapidsai/crossfit.git@0cc2993",
         # Numpy 2.0 breaks with spacy https://github.com/explosion/spaCy/issues/13528
         # TODO: Remove when issue is fixed