diff --git a/development/nose/README b/development/nose/README
index c66ae6a7c3..02ff41b777 100644
--- a/development/nose/README
+++ b/development/nose/README
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ nose provides an alternate test discovery and running process for
 unittest, one that is intended to mimic the behavior of py.test as
 much as is reasonably possible without resorting to too much magic.
 
-NOTE: Building nose requires requires pysetuptools, and Sphinx is 
-optional if you want more docs.
+NOTE: Sphinx is optional if you want more docs.
diff --git a/development/nose/nose.info b/development/nose/nose.info
index e9329891aa..11594f4b84 100644
--- a/development/nose/nose.info
+++ b/development/nose/nose.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/nose/nose-1.1.2.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="144f237b615e23f21f6a50b2183aa817"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="pysetuptools sphinx"
+REQUIRES="distribute"
 MAINTAINER="Mikko Värri"
 EMAIL="vmj@linuxbox.fi"