diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5da708374e53de1e0808c2570366bd7a4619ce7c..1a87612929cf477f399b7c82f4bf07692031942d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(configuration = configuration,
         name = DISTNAME,
         install_requires=[
-              'numpy >= 1.1',
-              'scikits.optimization'],
+              'numpy >= 1.1'],
         maintainer  = MAINTAINER,
         include_package_data = True,
         maintainer_email = MAINTAINER_EMAIL,