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index 216e214a..294d86d6 100644
--- a/composer.json
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diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index d2fc2450..0cdc07b6 100644
--- a/composer.lock
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@@ -422,6 +270,157 @@
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+                "WolfCMS",
+                "agl",
+                "aimeos",
+                "annotatecms",
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+                "bitrix",
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+                "mako",
+                "mediawiki",
+                "miaoxing",
+                "modulework",
+                "modx",
+                "moodle",
+                "osclass",
+                "pantheon",
+                "phpbb",
+                "piwik",
+                "ppi",
+                "processwire",
+                "puppet",
+                "pxcms",
+                "reindex",
+                "roundcube",
+                "shopware",
+                "silverstripe",
+                "sydes",
+                "sylius",
+                "symfony",
+                "tastyigniter",
+                "typo3",
+                "wordpress",
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diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 3cc95444..880d4a3d 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
 == Changelog ==
 
 = Unreleased =
+* Move "composer/installers" package to require-dev. #1513
 
 = 2.7.1 =
 * Remove LYS badge even when feature flag is disabled #1523