diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 39a5d1fd..18ca3e87 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ addons:
     - pyqt4-dev-tools
 
 # command to install dependencies
-install: "pip install --user -r requirements.txt"
+#install: "pip install --user -r requirements.txt"
 # command to run tests
 script: make all
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000