diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ setup(
                       'tqdm',
                       'array_split',
                       'pytrax',
-                      'pyevtk',
+#                      'pyevtk',
                       'numba',
                       'openpnm'],
     author='Jeff Gostick',
removing pyevtk from setup temporarily