diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf789d16caa3e6a8102e4c62dacf84d9f405fba3..322d58980bf4777644ea13c167e4df7690df31cc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ requires = [
       "simplejson",
       "six",
       "sphinx",
-      "sphinx-numfig",
       "sphinxcontrib-mscgen",
       "matplotlib>=1.4",
-      "pillow",
       "gevent",
       "pyzmq",
       ]