diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,24 +31,6 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     tests_reqs += ['unittest2']
 
 
-def parse_requirements(filename):
-    '''Read the requirements from the filename, supports includes'''
-    requirements = []
-
-    if os.path.isfile(filename):
-        with open(filename) as fh:
-            for line in fh:
-                line = line.strip()
-                if line.startswith('-r'):
-                    requirements += parse_requirements(
-                        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filename),
-                                     line.split(' ', 1)[-1]))
-                elif line and not line.startswith('#'):
-                    requirements.append(line)
-
-    return requirements
-
-
 if sys.argv[-1] == 'info':
     for k, v in about.items():
         print('%s: %s' % (k, v))
removed obsolete methods from setup.py