diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index d90b7b06..e1d7f024 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Travis Cline <travis.cline@gmail.com>
 Adrien Lemaire <lemaire.adrien@gmail.com>
 Oliver Tonnhofer <olt@bogosoft.com>
 Anand Chitipothu <anandology@gmail.com>
+Jannis Leidel <jannis@leidel.info>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ceddbcb6..4f2e3ea2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ setup(
     packages = find_packages(exclude=['examples', 'tests']),
     include_package_data = True,
     
-    install_requires=['setuptools'],
-
     entry_points="""
     
     [console_scripts]