diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(name='pyscroll',
       author='bitcraft',
       author_email='leif.theden@gmail.com',
       packages=['pyscroll', 'tests'],
-      install_requires=['pygame', 'six'],
+      install_requires=['six'],
       license='LGPLv3',
       long_description='see README.md',
       package_data={
remove pygame from deps, as it causes problems on some windows systems.