diff --git a/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml b/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml
index 0bae3428c..03356fa51 100644
--- a/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@
     name:
       - imagemagick
       - python3-venv
-      #- python3-dev
-      - build-essential    # 2023-03-18: Needed (e.g. on Ubuntu 22.04) now that scripts/ansible no longer installs python3-pip
     state: present
 
+# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3496#issuecomment-1475094542
+- name: "Install packages: python3-dev, gcc to compile 'netifaces'"
+  package:
+    name:
+      - python3-dev # header files
+      - gcc         # compiler
+    state: present
+  when: python_version is version('3.10', '>=')
+
 - name: Allow ImageMagick to read PDFs, per /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml, to create book cover thumbnails
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
@@ -44,7 +51,7 @@
 #  ignore_errors: True
 ##
 # Implementing this with Ansible command module for now.
-- name: Download Calibre-Web dependencies (using pip) into python3 virtual environment {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}
+- name: Download Calibre-Web dependencies from 'requirements.txt' into python3 virtual environment {{ calibreweb_venv_path }}
   pip:
     requirements: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}/requirements.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ calibreweb_venv_path }}"    # /usr/local/calibre-web-py3
@@ -95,6 +102,14 @@
     backup: yes
   when: not appdb.stat.exists
 
+# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/3496#issuecomment-1475094542
+#- name: "Uninstall packages: python3-dev, gcc used to compile 'netifaces'"
+#  package:
+#    name:
+#      - python3-dev # header files
+#      - gcc         # compiler
+#    state: absent
+#  when: python_version is version('3.10', '>=')
 
 # RECORD Calibre-Web AS INSTALLED