diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0e6b5f0..dae6b94 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ deps = [
     'urlcanon>=0.1.dev16',
     'doublethink>=0.2.0.dev87',
     'urllib3',
+    'requests>=2.0.1',
     'PySocks',
     'cryptography!=2.1.1', # 2.1.1 installation is failing on ubuntu
 ]
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         license='GPL',
         packages=['warcprox'],
         install_requires=deps,
-        tests_require=['requests>=2.0.1', 'mock', 'pytest', 'warcio'],  # >=2.0.1 for https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/pull/1636
+        tests_require=['mock', 'pytest', 'warcio'],
         cmdclass = {'test': PyTest},
         test_suite='warcprox.tests',
         entry_points={