diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 85424fe5e1a1174bca41146f383daa5856ee3f65..465676f7c13c4810d8ecb3f983a7cc04d1dedd74 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ setup(
 
     install_requires=[
       'setuptools',
-      'nose',
-      'sphinx',
-      'coverage',
       ],
 
     classifiers = [