diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 98ffcbf..cf3289d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ setuptools.setup(name='warcprox',
         long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
         license='GPL',
         packages=['warcprox'],
-        install_requires=['gdbm', 'pyopenssl', 'warctools>=4.8.3'],
+        install_requires=['pyopenssl', 'warctools>=4.8.3'],  # gdbm not in pip :(
         dependency_links=['git+https://github.com/nlevitt/warctools.git@python3#egg=warctools-4.8.3'],
         tests_require=['requests>=2.0.1'],  # >=2.0.1 for https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/pull/1636
         test_suite='warcprox.tests',