diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d658095..897ba99a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ conda install -c conda-forge pypdf-table-extraction
 After [installing the dependencies](https://pypdf-table-extraction.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/install-deps.html) ([tk](https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/python/python-tk) and [ghostscript](https://www.ghostscript.com/)), you can also just use pip to install pypdf_table_extraction:
 
 ```bash
-pip install pypdf-table-extraction[base]
+pip install pypdf-table-extraction
 ```
 
 ### From the source code
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ and install using pip:
 
 ```
 cd pypdf_table_extraction
-pip install ".[base]"
+pip install "."
 ```
 
 ## Documentation
diff --git a/docs/user/install.rst b/docs/user/install.rst
index 9a47280a..70542f9f 100644
--- a/docs/user/install.rst
+++ b/docs/user/install.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To install pypdf_table_extraction from PyPI using ``pip``
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ pip install "pypdf-table-extraction[base]"
+    $ pip install "pypdf-table-extraction"
 
 conda
 -----
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ You can install pypdf_table_extraction from source by:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ cd camelot
-    $ pip install ".[base]"
+    $ cd pypdf_table_extraction
+    $ pip install "."
 
 .. tip::
     You can still use the `ghostscript`` backend after After :ref:`installing the dependencies <install_deps>`.