diff --git a/bin/wfbench b/bin/wfbench
index afedb8a..f96d86c 100755
--- a/bin/wfbench
+++ b/bin/wfbench
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2021-2024 The WfCommons Team.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dabe3f4..52089f5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "wfcommons"
 authors = [{name = "WfCommons team", email = "support@wfcommons.org"}]
 description = "A Framework for Enabling Scientific Workflow Research and Education"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "matplotlib",
     "networkx",
     "numpy",
+    "pandas",
     "python-dateutil",
     "requests",
     "scipy",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2913b44..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-jsonschema~=3.2.0
-matplotlib>=3.3.0
-networkx>=3.0
-numpy>=1.19.1
-python-dateutil>=2.8.1
-requests>=2.24.0
-scipy>=1.5.2
-setuptools>=49.3.1
-pyyaml>=5.3.1
-pandas>=1.2.4
-stringcase>=1.2.0
-filelock>=3.6.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 292f21e..3576856 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,58 +24,13 @@ def run(self):
             sys.exit(-1)
         super().run()
 
-
-with open('README.md', 'r') as fh:
-    long_description = fh.read()
-
-# Fetch the version
-exec(open('wfcommons/version.py').read())
-
 setup(
-    name='wfcommons',
-    version="1.1",
-    license='LGPLv3',
-    author='WfCommons team',
-    author_email='support@wfcommons.org',
-    description='A Framework for Enabling Scientific Workflow Research and Education',
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    url='https://github.com/wfcommons/wfcommons',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     has_ext_modules=lambda: True,
     cmdclass={
         'build_ext': Build,
     },
-    install_requires=[
-        'jsonschema',
-        'matplotlib',
-        'networkx',
-        'numpy',
-        'python-dateutil',
-        'requests',
-        'scipy',
-        'setuptools',
-        'pyyaml',
-        'pandas',
-        'stringcase'
-    ],
-    classifiers=[
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Intended Audience :: Education',
-        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-        'Natural Language :: English',
-        'Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx',
-        'Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing'
-    ],
-    python_requires='>=3.9',
     data_files=[
         ('bin', ['bin/cpu-benchmark', 'bin/wfbench'])
     ],