diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e0f060479f35139515227f51c579dee8ddf5c28b..22c1558c01ea44e848625f065f06082d3423efec 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@
 	path = third-party/sylvan
 	url = https://depot.lipn.univ-paris13.fr/PMC-SOG/sylvan.git
 	branch = Sylvan-SOG
-[submodule "third-party/spot"]
-	path = third-party/spot
-	url = https://gitlab.lrde.epita.fr/spot/spot.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d84c87aacc3d00cea471e8bf45dc37a379b4f7b..44887aa06a9d6636ae913cb8827a048e54ce6d4e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ if(NOT SPOT_LIBRARY)
   include(ExternalProject)
 
   message(STATUS "Building Spot ...")
-  set(SPOT_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third-party/spot")
   set(SPOT_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/third-party/spot")
 
   ExternalProject_Add(SpotLibrary
-    PREFIX            ${SPOT_DIR}
-    SOURCE_DIR        ${SPOT_SOURCE_DIR}
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND autoreconf -if ${SPOT_SOURCE_DIR} && ${SPOT_SOURCE_DIR}/configure --disable-python --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
-    BUILD_COMMAND     make -j
+    PREFIX                ${SPOT_DIR}
+    URL                   http://www.lrde.epita.fr/dload/spot/spot-2.8.5.tar.gz
+    DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS  YES
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND     ./configure --disable-doxygen --disable-python --enable-silent-rules --silent --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+    BUILD_COMMAND         make -j
+    BUILD_IN_SOURCE       1
   )
 
   include_directories("${SPOT_DIR}/include")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ccfdad50695d607fd4d081d4d28a13752c0f9b5..7e648388447c9997e83d55dcd27954a40f645b66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PMC-SOG
 
-(P)arallel (M)odel (C)hecking using the (S)ymbolic (O)bservation (G)raph
+(P)arallel (M)odel (C)hecking using the (S)ymbolic (O)bservation (G)raph.
 
 A [Symbolic Observation Graph](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kais_Klai/publication/48445044_Design_and_Evaluation_of_a_Symbolic_and_Abstraction-Based_Model_Checker/links/00463514319a181966000000.pdf) software tool has been implemented in C/C++.
 The user can choose between sequential or parallel construction.
@@ -9,28 +9,30 @@ The [BuDDy](http://buddy.sourceforge.net/manual/main.html) BDD package and [Sylv
 
 BuDDy used for sequential version and Sylvan for both sequential and parallel construction.
 
-
-
 It is necessary to install [Spot](https://spot.lrde.epita.fr/install.html).
 
 ## Description
-This repository hosts the experiments and results for the Hybrid (MPI/pthreads) approach for the SOG construction and provides a short guide on how to install the tools and reproduce the results.
 
-  ** MPI : The Message Passing Interface ([OpenMPI](https://www.open-mpi.org/) implementation). The goal of the MPI is to establish a portable, efficient, and flexible standard for message passing between processess (nodes).
+This repository hosts the experiments and results for the Hybrid (MPI/pthreads) approach for the SOG construction and provides a short guide on how to install the tools and reproduce the results.
 
-  ** Pthread : POSIX thread librarie.  Mutexes (Pthread lock functionality) are used to prevent data inconsistencies due to race conditions.
+* **MPI:** The Message Passing Interface ([OpenMPI](https://www.open-mpi.org/) implementation). The goal of the MPI is to establish a portable, efficient, and flexible standard for message passing between processess (nodes).
 
+* **Pthread:** POSIX thread library.  Mutexes (Pthread lock functionality) are used to prevent data inconsistencies due to race conditions.
 
+## Dependencies
 
+- [Cmake](https://cmake.org/)
+- [Bison](https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/)
+- [Flex](https://github.com/westes/flex)
+- [OpenMPI](https://www.open-mpi.org/) development libraries
+- [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) development libraries
+- [GMP](https://gmplib.org/) development libraries
 
 ## Building
 
-
 - `git clone --recursive https://depot.lipn.univ-paris13.fr/PMC-SOG/mc-sog.git`
 
-- `mkdir build`
-
-- `cd build`
+- `cd mc-sog && mkdir build && cd build`
 
 - `cmake ..`
 
diff --git a/third-party/spot b/third-party/spot
deleted file mode 160000
index 625a2e2836cd3d8294a02f625943b2daec2644d2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/third-party/spot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 625a2e2836cd3d8294a02f625943b2daec2644d2