diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 619c9457..f45c4483 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ with-coverage = 1
 #cover-html-dir = ../htmlcov
 cover-package = mongoengine
 cover-erase = 1
-where = tests
\ No newline at end of file
+where = tests
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55f1418d..29312aa4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@ setup(name='mongoengine',
       platforms=['any'],
       classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
       install_requires=['pymongo'],
-      # use python setup.py nosetests to test
-      setup_requires=['nose', 'coverage', 'blinker', 'django>=1.3', 'PIL']
+      tests_require=['nose', 'coverage', 'blinker', 'django>=1.3', 'PIL']
 )