diff --git a/docs/administration.rst b/docs/administration.rst
index bc728943e..c3d1d07a6 100644
--- a/docs/administration.rst
+++ b/docs/administration.rst
@@ -110,27 +110,17 @@ After grabbing the new release and unpacking the contents, do the following:
 
     This creates a new virtual environment (or uses your existing environment)
     and installs all dependencies into it.
-
-3.  Collect static files.
-
-    .. code:: shell-session
-
-        $ cd src
-        $ pipenv run python3 manage.py collectstatic --clear
     
-4.  Migrate the database.
+3.  Migrate the database.
 
     .. code:: shell-session
 
         $ cd src
         $ pipenv run python3 manage.py migrate
     
-5.  Update translation files.
-
-    .. code:: shell-session
-
-        $ cd src
-        $ pipenv run python3 manage.py compilemessages
+    This might not actually do anything. Not every new paperless version comes with new
+    database migrations.
+    
         
 Management utilities
 ####################
diff --git a/docs/setup.rst b/docs/setup.rst
index ed7f84885..48569a04c 100644
--- a/docs/setup.rst
+++ b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ writing. Windows is not and will never be supported.
     *   ``python3-pip``, optionally ``pipenv`` for package installation
     *   ``python3-dev``
 
-    *   ``gettext`` for compiling interface translations
     *   ``fonts-liberation`` for generating thumbnails for plain text files
     *   ``imagemagick`` >= 6 for PDF conversion
     *   ``optipng`` for optimizing thumbnails
@@ -293,15 +292,9 @@ writing. Windows is not and will never be supported.
 
     .. code:: bash
 
-        # This collects static files from paperless and django.
-        python3 manage.py collectstatic --clear --no-input
-
         # This creates the database schema.
         python3 manage.py migrate
 
-        # This creates the translation files for paperless.
-        python3 manage.py compilemessages
-
         # This creates your first paperless user
         python3 manage.py createsuperuser