diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8a8af629..ca6a15d8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+setuptools
 pyparsing
 six
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e85a0c1..f85522d9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from setuptools import setup
 
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
 
 with open('requirements.txt') as rf:
     requirements = rf.readlines()