diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cc67f8b..125ed3a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from pip.req import parse_requirements
 import re, ast
 
 # get version from __version__ variable in property/__init__.py
 _version_re = re.compile(r'__version__\s+=\s+(.*)')
 
-with open('property/__init__.py', 'rb') as f:
-    version = str(ast.literal_eval(_version_re.search(
-        f.read().decode('utf-8')).group(1)))
-
-requirements = parse_requirements("requirements.txt", session="")
+with open('requirements.txt') as f:
+        install_requires = f.read().strip().split('\n')
 
+with open('property/__init__.py', 'rb') as f:
+        version = str(ast.literal_eval(_version_re.search(
+                f.read().decode('utf-8')).group(1)))
 setup(
 	name='property',
 	version=version,
@@ -19,8 +18,7 @@
 	author='Opensource Solutions Philippines',
 	author_email='info@ossph.com',
 	packages=find_packages(),
-	zip_safe=False,
-	include_package_data=True,
-	install_requires=[str(ir.req) for ir in requirements],
-	dependency_links=[str(ir._link) for ir in requirements if ir._link]
+        zip_safe=False,
+        include_package_data=True,
+        install_requires=install_requires
 )