diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 449759d..9e30d52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,19 +15,16 @@ Brozzler is designed to work in conjunction with
 Installation
 ------------
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/nlevitt/brozzler
-cd brozzler
 # set up virtualenv if desired
-pip install -r requirements.txt .
+pip install --process-dependency-links git+https://github.com/nlevitt/brozzler.git
 ```
-Brozzler also requires rethinkdb.
+Brozzler also requires a rethinkdb deployment.
 
 Fonts for good screenshots
 --------------------------
 On ubuntu 14.04 trusty I installed these packages:
 
-xfonts-base ttf-mscorefonts-installer fonts-arphic-bkai00mp fonts-arphic-bsmi00lp fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp fonts-arphic-gkai00mp fonts-arphic-ukai fonts-farsiweb fonts-nafees fonts-sil-abyssinica fonts-sil-ezra fonts-sil-padauk fonts-unfonts-
-extra fonts-unfonts-core ttf-indic-fonts fonts-thai-tlwg fonts-lklug-sinhala
+xfonts-base ttf-mscorefonts-installer fonts-arphic-bkai00mp fonts-arphic-bsmi00lp fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp fonts-arphic-gkai00mp fonts-arphic-ukai fonts-farsiweb fonts-nafees fonts-sil-abyssinica fonts-sil-ezra fonts-sil-padauk fonts-unfonts-extra fonts-unfonts-core ttf-indic-fonts fonts-thai-tlwg fonts-lklug-sinhala
 
 License
 -------
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a5b98b9..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-argparse
-PyYAML
-git+https://github.com/nlevitt/surt.git@py3
-# youtube_dl
-git+https://github.com/nlevitt/youtube-dl.git@brozzler
-git+https://github.com/seomoz/reppy.git
-requests
-# websocket-client
-git+https://github.com/nlevitt/websocket-client.git@tweaks
-rethinkdb
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abface2..25722ab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ setuptools.setup(name='brozzler',
         packages=['brozzler'],
         package_data={'brozzler':['behaviors.d/*.js*', 'behaviors.yaml', 'version.txt']},
         scripts=glob.glob('bin/*'),
+        install_requires=["argparse","PyYAML","surt==HEAD","youtube-dl==HEAD","reppy==HEAD","requests","websocket-client==HEAD","rethinkdb"],
+        dependency_links=[
+            "git+https://github.com/nlevitt/youtube-dl.git@brozzler#egg=youtube-dl-HEAD",
+            "git+https://github.com/seomoz/reppy.git#egg=reppy-HEAD",
+            "git+https://github.com/nlevitt/websocket-client.git@tweaks#egg=websocket-client-HEAD",
+            "git+https://github.com/nlevitt/surt.git@py3#egg=surt-HEAD",
+        ],
         zip_safe=False,
         classifiers=[
             'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',