diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eccdff..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-nose==1.3.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9dd883c..ec1aa02 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@
 
 description = long_description.splitlines()[0].strip()
 
-try:
-    with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-        required = f.read().splitlines()
-except IOError:
-    print('Unable to open requirements.txt')
-    required = []
-
-
 setup(
     name='voluptuous',
     url='https://github.com/alecthomas/voluptuous',
@@ -55,7 +47,7 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
     ],
-    install_requires=required + [
+    install_requires=[
         'setuptools >= 0.6b1',
     ]
 )