The automagic is no longer supported by pip version > 6

setup.py

 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from pip.req import parse_requirements
 
 import os
 
 # allow setup.py to be run from any path
 os.chdir(os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__), os.pardir)))
 
-# automagic
-requirements_parsed = parse_requirements(open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "requirements.txt")))
-requirements_list = [str(r.req) for r in requirements_parsed]
-
-
 setup(
     name='django-hshassets',
     version='0.1',
@@ -23,7 +17,11 @@ setup(
     author='Tim Fechner',
     author_email='tim.fechner@hs-hannover.de',
     zip_safe=False,
-    install_requires=requirements_list,
+    install_requires=[
+        'libsass==0.11.2',
+        'jsmin==2.2.1',
+        'watchdog==0.8.3'
+    ],
     classifiers=[
         'Environment :: Web Environment',
         'Framework :: Django',