diff --git a/install/docker/Dockerfile.full b/install/docker/Dockerfile.full
index 3990d7b9e8..5cf97a545a 100644
--- a/install/docker/Dockerfile.full
+++ b/install/docker/Dockerfile.full
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RUN rm -f /usr/lib/python**/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 # ERROR: Cannot uninstall pip 24.0, RECORD file not found. Hint: The package was installed by debian.
 # RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python3 -m pip install debugpy typing_extensions psutil
+RUN python3 -m pip install debugpy
 
 ################################################################
 # End section generated from template/Dockerfile.full.header
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
 RUN rm -f /usr/lib/python**/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 # RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python3.9 -m pip install debugpy typing_extensions psutil
+RUN python3.9 -m pip install debugpy
 
 # Coral Edge TPU
 # https://coral.ai/docs/accelerator/get-started/#runtime-on-linux
diff --git a/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.footer b/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.footer
index 444eb60711..16abbc336e 100644
--- a/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.footer
+++ b/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.footer
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
 RUN rm -f /usr/lib/python**/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 # RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python3.9 -m pip install debugpy typing_extensions psutil
+RUN python3.9 -m pip install debugpy
 
 # Coral Edge TPU
 # https://coral.ai/docs/accelerator/get-started/#runtime-on-linux
diff --git a/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header b/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header
index 239e06dca4..da1ad3d3c1 100644
--- a/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header
+++ b/install/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN rm -f /usr/lib/python**/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 
 # ERROR: Cannot uninstall pip 24.0, RECORD file not found. Hint: The package was installed by debian.
 # RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN python3 -m pip install debugpy typing_extensions psutil
+RUN python3 -m pip install debugpy
 
 ################################################################
 # End section generated from template/Dockerfile.full.header
diff --git a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh
index 991ac6a256..6d6b392211 100755
--- a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh
+++ b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-mac.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fi
 
 RUN python$PYTHON_VERSION -m pip install --upgrade pip
 # besides debugpy, none of these dependencies are needed anymore?
-# newer macos installs python3.9 which includings typing and does not need typing_extensions.
+# portable python includes typing and does not need typing_extensions.
 # opencv-python-headless has wheels for macos.
 if [ "$PYTHON_VERSION" != "3.10" ]
 then
diff --git a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1 b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
index eabbc59832..2848c07648 100644
--- a/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
+++ b/install/local/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ $env:Path = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path","Machine") + ";"
 npm i -g npm
 
 py $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION -m pip install --upgrade pip
+# besides debugpy, none of these dependencies are needed anymore?
+# portable python includes typing and does not need typing_extensions.
+# opencv-python-headless has wheels for windows.
 py $SCRYPTED_WINDOWS_PYTHON_VERSION -m pip install debugpy typing_extensions typing opencv-python
 
 $SCRYPTED_INSTALL_VERSION=[System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("SCRYPTED_INSTALL_VERSION","User")