diff --git a/client/setup.py b/client/setup.py
index b647179aa..a0d6dc062 100644
--- a/client/setup.py
+++ b/client/setup.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     license="AGPLv3+",
-    install_requires=["SQLAlchemy", "alembic", "securedrop-sdk", "python-dateutil", "arrow"],
-    python_requires=">=3.5",
     url="https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(include=["securedrop_client", "securedrop_client.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
diff --git a/export/setup.py b/export/setup.py
index fe5b50948..19c02e192 100644
--- a/export/setup.py
+++ b/export/setup.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     license="GPLv3+",
-    install_requires=[],
-    python_requires=">=3.5",
     url="https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-export",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=["docs", "tests"]),
     classifiers=[
diff --git a/log/setup.py b/log/setup.py
index 90a2734e6..254a2ab90 100644
--- a/log/setup.py
+++ b/log/setup.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     license="GPLv3+",
-    install_requires=[],
-    python_requires=">=3.5",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=["docs", "tests"]),
     url="https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-log",
     classifiers=[