diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aa7138b7..4fdb4f2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ python:
 
 # command to install dependencies
 install:
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt
   - pip install .
 
 # command to run tests
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d18fe3ec..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-nose>=1.3.7
-numpy>=1.11.0
-matplotlib>=1.5.1
-requests>=2.10.0
-pandas>=0.19.1
-scipy>=0.19.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eebdca2a..27e9caea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 with open('wfdb/version.py') as f:
     __version__ = f.read().split()[-1].strip("'")
 
-# Get the requirements
-with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-    requirements = f.read().splitlines()
-
 setup(
     name='wfdb',
 
@@ -59,7 +55,14 @@
     # your project is installed. For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's
     # requirements files see:
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/requirements.html
-    install_requires=requirements,
+    install_requires=[
+        'nose>=1.3.7',
+        'numpy>=1.11.0',
+        'matplotlib>=1.5.1',
+        'requests>=2.10.0',
+        'pandas>=0.19.1',
+        'scipy>=0.19.0',
+    ],
 
     # List additional groups of dependencies here (e.g. development
     # dependencies). You can install these using the following syntax,
diff --git a/wfdb/version.py b/wfdb/version.py
index bb5a33cd..9e86e884 100644
--- a/wfdb/version.py
+++ b/wfdb/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.3.8'
+__version__ = '1.3.9'