--- a/hovercraft/__init__.py
+++ b/hovercraft/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import os
 import threading
 import time
-import pkg_resources
 from collections import defaultdict
 from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
@@ -12,7 +11,11 @@
 
 from .generate import generate
 
-__version__ = pkg_resources.require("hovercraft")[0].version
+try:
+    import pkg_resources
+    __version__ = pkg_resources.require("hovercraft")[0].version
+except:
+    __version__ = '2.7'
 
 
 class HovercraftEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 include_package_data = True
 zip_safe = False
 install_requires =
-    setuptools
     docutils >= 0.9
     lxml>=3.1.0
     svg.path