diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a581ecdbf33..6deb0bc183e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,21 +53,9 @@ def read_file(fname):
 static_requirements = []
 static_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(kolibri_dist.__file__))
 
-install_requires = [
-    'cherrypy==6.0.2',
-    'django-filter==0.13.0',
-    'django-js-reverse==0.7.2',
-    'six==1.10.0',
-    'djangorestframework==3.3.3',
-    'django==1.9.7',
-    'colorlog==2.6.0',
-    'docopt==0.6.2',
-    'django-mptt>=0.8.4',              # apparently you also need to have the dependency_links packages be included in install_requires
-]
-
-dependency_links = [
-    'http://github.com/django-mptt/django-mptt/tarball/9e131f91#egg=django-mptt-0.8.4'
-]
+install_requires = []
+
+dependency_links = []
 
 # Check if user supplied the special '--static' option
 if '--static' in sys.argv: