diff --git a/photohash/photohash.py b/photohash/photohash.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/photohash/photohash.py
+++ b/photohash/photohash.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ def average_hash(image_path, hash_size=8):
     # Compute the hash based on each pixels value compared to the average.
     bits = "".join(map(lambda pixel: '1' if pixel > avg else '0', pixels))
     return int(bits, 2).__format__('016x')
-    # bits = bitarray("".join(diff), endian='little')
 
 
 def distance(image_path, other_image_path):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-Pillow==2.1.0
-bitarray==0.8.1
+Pillow==2.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ setup(
     long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
     install_requires=[
         'Pillow == 2.1.0',
-        'bitarray == 0.8.1',
     ],
 )
Drop bitarray as a dependency.