diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8a9cecfc..70d2bd71 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ triangle
 psycopg2-binary
 Pillow
 pathlib
-sqlalchemy_utils
\ No newline at end of file
+sqlalchemy_utils
+build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8af11db8..7c2df9ca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with pathlib.Path('requirements.txt').open() as r:
       for requirement
       in r.readlines()
     ]
-install_requires.append('setuptools, build')
+install_requires.append('setuptools')
 
 main_ns = {}
 version = convert_path('hub/version.py')