diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cbdea23..945c9b4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
-tqdm
-nltk
-petl
-numpy
-pandas
-tweepy
-mailbox
-gitpython
-sphinx_rtd_theme
\ No newline at end of file
+.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6ec2df8..1b69604 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,18 @@
 from os import path
 from codecs import open
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from pip.req import parse_requirements
+
+INSTALL_REQS = [
+    'tqdm',
+    'nltk',
+    'petl',
+    'numpy',
+    'pandas',
+    'tweepy',
+    'mailbox',
+    'gitpython',
+    'sphinx_rtd_theme',
+]
 
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -35,14 +46,6 @@
 # !!! Update version here!
 version_string = '0.3.4'
 
-# Parse requirements
-# parse_requirements() returns generator of pip.req.InstallRequirement objects
-install_reqs = parse_requirements('requirements.txt', session=pip.download.PipSession())
-
-# reqs is a list of requirement
-# e.g. ['django==1.5.1', 'mezzanine==1.4.6']
-reqs = [str(ir.req) for ir in install_reqs]
-
 # Get the long description from the README file
 with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@
     # your project is installed. For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's
     # requirements files see:
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/requirements.html
-    install_requires=reqs,
+    install_requires=INSTALL_REQS,
 
     # List additional groups of dependencies here (e.g. development
     # dependencies). You can install these using the following syntax,