diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100755
index 6006776dbcf6d766b4ffe7e17fb31929fa692c31..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include LICENSE.txt
-include README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 731e044b0e2b1dfbc529a651ed782e63f98a4543..aae0ccc57465c136168984a5b8104e36e4c430e0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ setup(
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence',
     ],
+    setup_requires=['setuptools-git'],
     install_requires=[
         'matplotlib',
         'tabulate',