diff --git a/.pipignore b/.pipignore
index b615b13..19c5e12 100644
--- a/.pipignore
+++ b/.pipignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 catsup
+distribute
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c6d5030..f7f0eee 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 argh==0.23.3
-distribute==0.7.3
 docopt==0.6.1
 houdini.py==0.1.0
 Jinja2==2.7