diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76d5d96..ffe1c0c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
     dependency_links=depend_links,
     include_package_data=True,
     test_suite='nose.collector',
-    setup_requires=['setuptools_git>=0.4'],
     scripts=[
         'bin/savanna-api',
         'bin/savanna-manage',