diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b25ac5520..90a55b2a61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,17 +99,16 @@ Run as `mvn clean install`.
 ### Building Documentation
 
 Open MCT Web's documentation is generated by an
-[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)-based build:
+[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)-based build.  It has additional dependencies that
+may not be available on every platform and thus is not covered in the standard
+npm install.  Ensure your system has [libcairo](http://cairographics.org/)
+installed and then run the following commands:
 
-* `npm install` _(only needs to run once)_
+* `npm install`
+* `npm install nomnoml`
 * `npm run docs`
 
-Documentation will be generated in `target/docs`. Note that diagram
-generation is dependent on having [Cairo](http://cairographics.org/download/)
-installed; see
-[node-canvas](https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#installation)'s
-documentation for help with installation.
-
+Documentation will be generated in `target/docs`.
 
 # Glossary
 
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index f1040a898c..36f4abf604 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ deployment:
   production:
     branch: master
     commands:
+      - npm install nomnoml
       - ./build-docs.sh
       - git push git@heroku.com:openmctweb-demo.git $CIRCLE_SHA1:refs/heads/master
   openmctweb-staging-un:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 753dd6b927..d325fe5bbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "minimist": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "canvas": "^1.2.7",
     "glob": ">= 3.0.0",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.3.0",
     "jsdoc": "^3.3.2",
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
     "markdown-toc": "^0.11.7",
     "marked": "^0.3.5",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
-    "nomnoml": "^0.0.3",
     "requirejs": "^2.1.17",
     "split": "^1.0.0"
   },