diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 373e833..747e35e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Tools for developing [Nostr](https://github.com/fiatjaf/nostr) clients.
 
+Very lean on dependencies.
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### Generating a private key and a public key
@@ -112,6 +114,12 @@ pub.on('failed', reason => {
 await relay.close()
 ```
 
+To use this on Node.js you first must install `websocket-polyfill` and import it:
+
+```js
+import 'websocket-polyfill'
+```
+
 ### Querying profile data from a NIP-05 address
 
 ```js
@@ -122,8 +130,11 @@ console.log(profile.pubkey)
 // prints: 32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245
 console.log(profile.relays)
 // prints: [wss://relay.damus.io]
+```
 
-// on nodejs, install node-fetch@2 and call this first:
+To use this on Node.js you first must install `node-fetch@2` and call something like this:
+
+```js
 nip05.useFetchImplementation(require('node-fetch'))
 ```
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 25fae6f..f87ef02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
     "@scure/bip32": "^1.1.1",
     "@scure/bip39": "^1.1.0",
     "base64-arraybuffer": "^1.0.2",
-    "bech32": "^2.0.0",
-    "websocket-polyfill": "^0.0.3"
+    "bech32": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "decentralization",
diff --git a/relay.ts b/relay.ts
index e0bcb48..48bf68e 100644
--- a/relay.ts
+++ b/relay.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /* global WebSocket */
 
-import 'websocket-polyfill'
-
 import {Event, verifySignature, validateEvent} from './event'
 import {Filter, matchFilters} from './filter'