diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ae28c3b..241d8f6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ addons:
 cache:
   - pip
 install:
-  - pip install --upgrade --editable .[dev]
+  - pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt
 language:
   - python
 python:
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6054d2b..761bc87 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ environment:
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python36-x64"
 
 install:
-   - "%PYTHON%\\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade --editable .[dev]"
+   - "%PYTHON%\\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt"
 
 build: off
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..683edd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--index-url https://pypi.python.org/simple/
+
+--editable .
+
+pytest>=3.2.2
+sphinx>=1.6.4
+sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.2.5b1
diff --git a/requirements_doc.txt b/requirements_doc.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 07ae8f7..0000000
--- a/requirements_doc.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-sphinx>=1.6.4
-sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.2.5b1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 752ce04..3a02eec 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import setuptools
 
 
-with open("requirements_doc.txt", "r") as f:
-    doc_requirements = f.read().splitlines()
-
-
 setuptools.setup(
     name='cytominer_database',
     version='0.0.1b2',
@@ -14,11 +10,6 @@
     [console_scripts]
     cytominer-database=cytominer_database.command:command
     """,
-    extras_require={
-        "dev": [
-            "pytest>=3.2.2",
-        ] + doc_requirements
-    },
     long_description="cytominer-database provides mechanisms to import CSV "
                      "files generated in a morphological profiling experiment "
                      "into a database backend. "