Open CV is always required.

setup.py

@@ -18,18 +18,9 @@ build_requires = load_requirements()
 # Define package version
 version = open("version.txt").read().rstrip()
 
-packages = ['boost']
+packages = ['boost', "opencv>=2.0"]
 boost_modules = ['system']
 
-# check if opencv is available
-try:
-  from bob.extension import check_packages
-  pkg = check_packages(['opencv>=2.0'])
-  print("Found OpenCV libraries %s" % pkg[0].libraries())
-  packages.append('opencv>=2.0')
-except RuntimeError as e:
-  print("OpenCV was not found, it will not be availabe during tests")
-
 setup(
 
     name="bob.ip.flandmark",