--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import ez_setup
-ez_setup.use_setuptools()
 
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
@@ -33,17 +31,6 @@ setup(
     # To specify a particular version, do like 'package (>=1.2.3)'
     requires = ['jinja2'],
 
-    #pypi packages that aren't necessarily required by the package, but are
-    # required for certain setup.py commands. These will not be installed, but will
-    # be downloaded into the local directory when setup.py is runn.
-    setup_requires = [
-        'nose>=1.0',
-        'sphinx>=0.5',
-        'sphinx_rtd_theme',
-        'nosetp',
-        'sphinxcontrib-autoprogram',
-    ],
-
     cmdclass = {
         'sphinxgen': sphinxgen.sphinxgen,
     },