diff --git a/podkop/files/usr/bin/podkop b/podkop/files/usr/bin/podkop
index bdc95c1..42c1f22 100755
--- a/podkop/files/usr/bin/podkop
+++ b/podkop/files/usr/bin/podkop
@@ -32,12 +32,10 @@ config_load "$PODKOP_CONFIG"
 check_requirements() {
     log "Check Requirements"
 
-    local sing_box_version curl_version jq_version kmod_nft_tproxy_version coreutils_base64_version
-    sing_box_version="$(get_package_version "sing-box")"
-    curl_version="$(get_package_version "curl")"
-    jq_version="$(get_package_version "jq")"
-    kmod_nft_tproxy_version="$(get_package_version "kmod-nft-tproxy")"
-    coreutils_base64_version="$(get_package_version "coreutils-base64")"
+    local sing_box_version jq_version coreutils_base64_version
+    sing_box_version="$(sing-box version | head -n1 | awk '{print $3}')"
+    jq_version="$(jq --version | awk -F- '{print $2}')"
+    coreutils_base64_version="$(base64 --version | head -n1 | awk '{print $4}')"
 
     if [ -z "$sing_box_version" ]; then
         log "Package 'sing-box' is not installed." "error"
@@ -54,11 +52,6 @@ check_requirements() {
         fi
     fi
 
-    if [ -z "$curl_version" ]; then
-        log "Package 'curl' is not installed." "error"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
     if [ -z "$jq_version" ]; then
         log "Package 'jq' is not installed." "error"
         exit 1
@@ -67,11 +60,6 @@ check_requirements() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    if [ -z "$kmod_nft_tproxy_version" ]; then
-        log "Package 'kmod-nft-tproxy' is not installed." "error"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
     if [ -z "$coreutils_base64_version" ]; then
         log "Package 'coreutils-base64' is not installed." "error"
         exit 1
diff --git a/podkop/files/usr/lib/helpers.sh b/podkop/files/usr/lib/helpers.sh
index aa94339..b0cfb22 100644
--- a/podkop/files/usr/lib/helpers.sh
+++ b/podkop/files/usr/lib/helpers.sh
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@ get_ruleset_format_by_file_extension() {
     echo "$format"
 }
 
-# Retrieves the installed package version from opkg
-get_package_version() {
-    local package="$1"
-
-    opkg status "$package" 2> /dev/null | awk '/^Version:/ {print $2}' | cut -d'-' -f1
-}
-
 # Converts a comma-separated string into a JSON array string
 comma_string_to_json_array() {
     local input="$1"