diff --git a/python/Mako/Mako.info b/python/Mako/Mako.info
index c3b79ecd6f..5d3e4e4316 100644
--- a/python/Mako/Mako.info
+++ b/python/Mako/Mako.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://www.makotemplates.org/downloads/Mako-0.6.2.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="57ed372007898b54142155681a38d8d0"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="MarkupSafe pysetuptools"
+REQUIRES="MarkupSafe"
 MAINTAINER="Ben Mendis"
 EMAIL="dragonwisard@gmail.com"
diff --git a/python/Mako/README b/python/Mako/README
index 619ca5af70..ce0fb67098 100644
--- a/python/Mako/README
+++ b/python/Mako/README
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ embedded Python (i.e. Python Server Page) language, which refines the
 familiar ideas of componentized layout and inheritance to produce one of
 the most straightforward and flexible models available, while also
 maintaining close ties to Python calling and scoping semantics.
-
-This requires pysetuptools and MarkupSafe.