diff --git a/doc-src/install.html b/doc-src/install.html
index 8a76e3ae9..682e317e6 100644
--- a/doc-src/install.html
+++ b/doc-src/install.html
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 
-
-
 ## Installing from source
 
 The preferred way to install mitmproxy - whether you're installing the latest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6983d4fc..ead61118c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ if os.name != "nt":
 deps = {
     "netlib>=%s" % version.MINORVERSION,
     "pyasn1>0.1.2",
-    "requests>=2.4.0",
     "pyOpenSSL>=0.14",
     "Flask>=0.10.1",
     "tornado>=4.0.2",
@@ -90,4 +89,4 @@ setup(
             "cssutils>=1.0"
         ]
     }
-)
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