diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8c95814e3f..d6db365479 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
         'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)',
     ],
-    install_requires=[
-        'eventlet>=0.9.1',
-        'simplejson>=2.0.9', # included for speed
-        'WebOb>=0.9.8',
-        'xattr>=0.4',
-    ],
+    install_requires=[], # removed for better compat
     scripts=['bin/st', 'bin/swift-account-auditor',
              'bin/swift-account-audit', 'bin/swift-account-reaper',
              'bin/swift-account-replicator', 'bin/swift-account-server',
diff --git a/swift.egg-info/SOURCES.txt b/swift.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
index 81b9ab191a..f84f0890ce 100644
--- a/swift.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+++ b/swift.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ swift/__init__.py
 swift.egg-info/PKG-INFO
 swift.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
 swift.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
-swift.egg-info/requires.txt
 swift.egg-info/top_level.txt
 swift/account/__init__.py
 swift/account/auditor.py