diff --git a/build-support/factor.sh b/build-support/factor.sh
index cf6aacb84f..c5be9f8957 100755
--- a/build-support/factor.sh
+++ b/build-support/factor.sh
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ check_library_exists() {
 }
 
 check_X11_libraries() {
-    check_library_exists freetype
     check_library_exists GLU
     check_library_exists GL
     check_library_exists X11
+    check_library_exists pango
 }
 
 check_libraries() {
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ make_boot_image() {
 }
 
 install_build_system_apt() {
-    sudo apt-get --yes install libc6-dev libpango-1.0-dev libx11-dev xorg-dev glutg3-dev wget git-core git-doc rlwrap gcc make
+    sudo apt-get --yes install libc6-dev libpango1.0-dev libx11-dev xorg-dev glutg3-dev wget git-core git-doc rlwrap gcc make
     check_ret sudo
 }
 
diff --git a/extra/benchmark/spectral-norm/spectral-norm.factor b/extra/benchmark/spectral-norm/spectral-norm.factor
index 64d2bdbb1f..b86e11e239 100644
--- a/extra/benchmark/spectral-norm/spectral-norm.factor
+++ b/extra/benchmark/spectral-norm/spectral-norm.factor
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ IN: benchmark.spectral-norm
 HINTS: spectral-norm fixnum ;
 
 : spectral-norm-main ( -- )
-    5500 spectral-norm . ;
+    2000 spectral-norm . ;
 
 MAIN: spectral-norm-main