diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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-from setuptools import setup
-
-
-setup(
-    name="OpenOversight",
-    version="1.0",
-    description="Oversight of Police Departments",
-    author="redshiftzero",
-    author_email="jen@redshiftzero.com",
-    classifiers=(
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-    ),
-    python_requires=">=3.5",
-    install_requires=["flask", "werkzeug", "Flask-WTF", "psycopg2", "sqlalchemy"],
-)