diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2afa8ee..7384e04d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ CLASSIFIERS = [
 extra_opts = {"packages": find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"])}
 if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
     extra_opts['use_2to3'] = True
-    extra_opts['tests_require'] = ['nose', 'coverage==3.7.1', 'blinker', 'Pillow>=2.0.0']
+    extra_opts['tests_require'] = ['nose', 'rednose', 'coverage==3.7.1', 'blinker', 'Pillow>=2.0.0']
     if "test" in sys.argv or "nosetests" in sys.argv:
         extra_opts['packages'] = find_packages()
         extra_opts['package_data'] = {"tests": ["fields/mongoengine.png", "fields/mongodb_leaf.png"]}
 else:
     # coverage 4 does not support Python 3.2 anymore
-    extra_opts['tests_require'] = ['nose', 'coverage==3.7.1', 'blinker', 'Pillow>=2.0.0', 'python-dateutil']
+    extra_opts['tests_require'] = ['nose', 'rednose', 'coverage==3.7.1', 'blinker', 'Pillow>=2.0.0', 'python-dateutil']
 
     if sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] == 6:
         extra_opts['tests_require'].append('unittest2')
@@ -79,6 +79,5 @@ setup(name='mongoengine',
       classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
       install_requires=['pymongo>=2.7.1'],
       test_suite='nose.collector',
-      setup_requires=['nose', 'rednose'],  # Allow proper nose usage with setuptols and tox
       **extra_opts
 )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3f69b5e8..e6aa7c81 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ envlist = {py26,py27,py32,py33,py34,pypy,pypy3}-{mg27,mg28}
 commands =
     python setup.py nosetests {posargs}
 deps =
+    nose
+    rednose
     mg27: PyMongo<2.8
     mg28: PyMongo>=2.8,<3.0
     mg30: PyMongo>=3.0