diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f55768..f51c645 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ pip install .      # normal install: copies the package in
 ### Install from git
 
 ```sh
-pip install git+<repository-url>@main
+pip install git+https://gitea.koszewscy.waw.pl/koszewscy/mailinabox.git@main
 ```
 
+`python-helpers` is declared as a git direct reference, so pip clones it rather than looking it
+up on an index.
+
 ### Running without installing
 
 From a repo checkout, run the command as a module with `-m` instead of installing the package:
@@ -37,37 +40,6 @@ From outside the checkout, point `PYTHONPATH` at it:
 PYTHONPATH=/path/to/mailinabox python3 -m mailinabox.cli.miab --help
 ```
 
-### Install from the Gitea package registry
-
-```sh
-pip install --index-url https://<username>:<token>@<gitea-host>/api/packages/<owner>/pypi/simple mailinabox
-```
-
-> **Note** `python-helpers` is resolved from the same registry. If it is published elsewhere,
-> install it first and add `--no-deps` here.
-
-## Publishing
-
-Add the registry to `~/.pypirc`:
-
-```
-[distutils]
-index-servers = gitea
-
-[gitea]
-repository = https://<gitea-host>/api/packages/<owner>/pypi
-username = <username>
-password = <token>
-```
-
-```sh
-pip install build twine
-python3 -m build
-python3 -m twine upload --repository gitea dist/*
-```
-
-> **Note** a name and version already in the registry cannot be republished. Raise `version`
-> in `pyproject.toml` before each upload.
 
 ## Library
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c4578d..ac1a086 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
-dependencies = ["python-helpers>=1.0.0"]
+dependencies = ["python-helpers @ git+https://gitea.koszewscy.waw.pl/koszewscy/python-helpers.git@main"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 miab = "mailinabox.cli.miab:main"