diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8aa2a6a12..cf6499782 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,13 +72,6 @@ def find_data_files(destdir, srcdir):
     return package_data
 
 
-def load_required_packages():
-    with file('tools/pip-requires', 'r') as f:
-        return [line.strip() for line in f]
-
-
-required_packages = load_required_packages()
-
 setup(name='nova',
       version=version.canonical_version_string(),
       description='cloud computing fabric controller',
@@ -90,7 +83,6 @@ setup(name='nova',
       include_package_data=True,
       test_suite='nose.collector',
       data_files=find_data_files('share/nova', 'tools'),
-      install_requires=required_packages,
       scripts=['bin/nova-ajax-console-proxy',
                'bin/nova-api',
                'bin/nova-api-ec2',