diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f98bfae..e9ed188 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-recursive-include classifier/models *
+recursive-include cso-classifier/assets *
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index fabd30c..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-click==7.1.2
-gensim==3.8.1
-hurry.filesize==0.9
-kneed==0.3.1
-nltk==3.6.2
-python-igraph==0.9.1
-python-Levenshtein==0.12.2
-numpy>=1.19.5
-requests==2.25.1
-spacy==3.0.5
-strsimpy==0.2.0
-update-checker==0.18.0
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 43b4fe8..b80b5c3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,22 +4,21 @@
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
-try:
-    # for pip >= 10
-    from pip._internal.req import parse_requirements
-except ImportError:
-    # for pip <= 9.0.3
-    from pip.req import parse_requirements
 
-def load_requirements(fname):
-    install_reqs = parse_requirements(fname, session=False)
-    # Generator must be converted to list, or we will only have one chance to read each element, meaning that the first requirement will be skipped.
-    install_reqs = list(install_reqs) 
-    try:
-        requirements = [str(ir.req) for ir in install_reqs]
-    except:
-        requirements = [str(ir.requirement) for ir in install_reqs]
-    return requirements
+requirements_to_install = [
+    'click==7.1.2',
+    'gensim==3.8.1',
+    'hurry.filesize==0.9',
+    'kneed==0.3.1',
+    'nltk==3.6.2',
+    'python-igraph==0.9.1',
+    'python-Levenshtein==0.12.2',
+    'numpy>=1.19.5',
+    'requests==2.25.1',
+    'spacy==3.0.5',
+    'strsimpy==0.2.0',
+    'update-checker==0.18.0'
+]
 
 
 # Import version number from version.py
@@ -44,6 +43,6 @@ def load_requirements(fname):
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     ],
     package_data = {'cso_classifier' : ['assets/*','config.ini'] },
-    install_requires=load_requirements("requirements.txt"),
+    install_requires=requirements_to_install,
     python_requires='>=3.6.0',
-)
+)
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