diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 35a89c7..ce81d65 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ setup(
     license = 'BSD-3-Clause',
     entry_points = {'console_scripts': ['fastqe = fastqe.fastqe:main']},
     install_requires = ["jinja2","biopython>=1.66",'pyemojify','setuptools>=38.6'],
-    setup_requires = ['twine>=1.11.0', 'setuptools>=38.6'],
     packages = find_packages(exclude=('test', 'docs')),
     include_package_data=True,
     classifiers = [
