diff --git a/docs/problems.rst b/docs/problems.rst
index 179c411..a90fc02 100644
--- a/docs/problems.rst
+++ b/docs/problems.rst
@@ -6,21 +6,17 @@ For any unanswered questions or problems, see :doc:`contact`.
 
 .. _debian-urllib3:
 
-Requests-related ImportErrors on Debian-based distributions
------------------------------------------------------------
+Requests-related ImportErrors
+-----------------------------
 
     ImportError: No module named packages.urllib3.poolmanager
 
     ImportError: cannot import name iter_field_objects
 
-Debian has had its problems in the past with the Python requests package, see
-:gh:`82` and :gh:`140`. You have several options for solving this problem:
+Debian and nowadays even other distros make modifications to the ``requests``
+package that don't play well with packages assuming a normal ``requests``. This
+is due to stubbornness on both sides.
 
-- Set the ``auth`` parameter of :storage:`caldav`, :storage:`carddav`, and/or
-  :storage:`http` to ``basic`` or ``digest`` (not ``guess``).
-
-- Upgrade your installation of the Debian requests package to at least version
-  ``2.4.3-1``.
-
-- If this doesn't help, install vdirsyncer in a virtualenv, see
-  :ref:`manual-installation`.
+See :gh:`82` and :gh:`140` for past discussions. You have one option to work
+around this, that is, to install vdirsyncer in a virtualenv, see
+:ref:`manual-installation`.
diff --git a/vdirsyncer/__init__.py b/vdirsyncer/__init__.py
index e658625..e58faa0 100644
--- a/vdirsyncer/__init__.py
+++ b/vdirsyncer/__init__.py
@@ -31,16 +31,13 @@ del _check_python_version
 
 def _detect_faulty_requests():  # pragma: no cover
     import requests
-    if 'dist-packages' not in requests.__file__:
-        return
 
     text = (
-        '{e}\n\n'
-        'This most likely means you are running into a bug specific to '
-        'Debian-based distributions.\n\n'
+        'Error during import: {e}\n\n'
+        'If you have installed vdirsyncer from a distro package, please file '
+        'a bug against that package, not vdirsyncer.\n\n'
         'Consult {d}/problems.html#requests-related-importerrors-on-debian'
-        '-based-distributions on how to deal with this, or use a different '
-        'operating system.'
+        '-based-distributions on how to work around this.'
     )
 
     try: