diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d9d32ae..096bce0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ before_install:
     - git clone --quiet --depth 1 https://github.com/minrk/travis-wheels travis-wheels
     - 'if [[ $GROUP != js* ]]; then COVERAGE=""; fi'
 install:
-    - pip install -f travis-wheels/wheelhouse -r requirements.txt -e file://$PWD#egg=ipython[test]
+    - pip install -f travis-wheels/wheelhouse -e file://$PWD#egg=ipython[test]
     - pip install codecov
 script:
     - cd /tmp && iptest --coverage xml && cd -
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 32ea2ce..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--e git+https://github.com/ipython/traitlets.git#egg=traitlets