diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f4582a..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-requests>=2.2.1
-semantic-version==2.6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25e44d6..adb3a83 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-try:
-    from pip.req import parse_requirements
-except ImportError:
-    print("The 'pip' package is needed for the setup")
-    exit(1)
-
-reqs = parse_requirements("requirements.txt", session=False)
-install_requires = [str(ir.req) for ir in reqs]
 
 setup(
     name="flow-python",
     version="0.6",
     package_dir={"flow": "src"},
     packages=["flow"],
-    install_requires=install_requires,
+    install_requires=[
+        "requests>=2.2.1",
+        "semantic-version==2.6.0",
+    ],
     keywords=["spideroak", "flow", "semaphor"],
     author="Lucas Manuel Rodriguez",
     author_email="lucas@spideroak-inc.com",