diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ce3c6f8..1c17395 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ before_install:
   - pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
 
 install:
-  - pip uninstall -y numpy
-  - pip install --only-binary=numpy,scipy numpy scipy
-  - pip install scikit-image
-  - pip install astropy sep
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt
   - pip install codecov
 
 script:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ebd8d1..d6ea424 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
       install_requires=["numpy>=1.6.2",
                         "scipy>=0.15",
                         "scikit-image",
-                        "astropy>=1.0",
                         "sep",
                         ],
       test_suite='tests',