diff --git a/django_nyt/__init__.py b/django_nyt/__init__.py
index 8efa8ea9..9d90e77f 100644
--- a/django_nyt/__init__.py
+++ b/django_nyt/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 _disable_notifications = False
 
-__version__ = "1.1b2"
+__version__ = "1.1"
 
 default_app_config = "django_nyt.apps.DjangoNytConfig"
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 66e22e7a..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-django>=1.11,<2.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4b4a435a..72e4e935 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-import os
+from setuptools import find_packages
+from setuptools import setup
 
 from django_nyt import __version__
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-
-def get_path(fname):
-    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), fname)
-
-def read(fname):
-    return open(get_path(fname)).read()
 
 
 packages = find_packages()
@@ -24,7 +17,7 @@ def read(fname):
     keywords=["django", "notification" "alerts"],
     packages=find_packages(),
     zip_safe=False,
-    install_requires=read('requirements.txt').split("\n"),
+    install_requires=["django>=1.11,<2.1"],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
diff --git a/test-project/requirements.txt b/test-project/requirements.txt
index 99daf26c..4c031442 100644
--- a/test-project/requirements.txt
+++ b/test-project/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
--r ../requirements.txt
 channels