diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2246ce2..b2ad3a2 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ recursive-include mozci.egg-info *
 recursive-include test *
 include setup.py
 include README.rst
-include requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f1b982..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-buildapi_client>=0.2.2
-ijson>=2.2
-keyring>=5.3,<=6.0
-progressbar>=2.3
-pushlog_client>=0.5.0
-requests>=2.8.1
-taskcluster>=0.3.0
-treeherder-client>=2.0.1
-jsonschema>=2.5.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cff8426..a0f141f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-    required = f.read().splitlines()
+
+required = [
+    "buildapi_client",
+    "ijson",
+    "keyring",
+    "progressbar",
+    "pushlog_client",
+    "requests",
+    "taskcluster",
+    "treeherder-client",
+    "jsonschema"
+]
 
 setup(
     name='mozci',
@@ -9,7 +19,6 @@
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=required + ['pytest-runner'],
     tests_require=required + ['mock', 'pytest'],
-
     # Meta-data for upload to PyPI
     author='Armen Zambrano G.',
     author_email='armenzg@mozilla.com',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 49d9f17..46e5c1b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py27
+envlist = py27_new_deps
 
 [testenv]
-basepython = python
-
-deps = -rrequirements.txt
+basepython = python2.7
+deps =
     coverage
     flake8
     flake8_docstrings
@@ -12,10 +11,35 @@ deps = -rrequirements.txt
     pytest
     pytest-capturelog
 
+[testenv:py27_current_deps]
+deps =
+    {[testenv]deps}
+    buildapi_client==0.2.2
+    ijson==2.2
+    keyring==5.3
+    progressbar==2.3
+    pushlog_client==0.5.0
+    requests==2.8.1
+    taskcluster==0.3.0
+    treeherder-client==2.0.1
+    jsonschema==2.5.1
+
+
 commands =
     flake8 mozci test
     coverage run --source=mozci -m py.test test
 
+
+[testenv:py27_new_deps]
+deps =
+    {[testenv]deps}
+
+
+commands =
+    flake8 mozci test
+    coverage run --source=mozci -m py.test test
+
+
 [flake8]
 exclude = .tox
 show-source = True