diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 72ef651..d81a3df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 from codecs import open
 from os import path
-from pip.req import parse_requirements
 
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
 
 def load_requirements():
-    requirements = [str(r.req) for r in
-                    parse_requirements('requirements.txt', session=False)]
+    requirements = list(line.split()[0] for line in open("requirements.txt"))
     return requirements