diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ to analyze trajectories generated from any kind of simulation
 """
 # TODO: extend docstring
 DOCLINES = __doc__.split("\n")
-__requires__ = 'setuptools>=2.2'
+__requires__ = 'setuptools>=3.6'
 
 import sys
 import os
 import versioneer
 import warnings
 
-from glob import glob
-
 CLASSIFIERS = """\
 Development Status :: 4 - Beta
 Environment :: Console
[setup] minimum setuptools version <I>; removed unused import