diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90d4eebacb9115df66352015e443b0e75caf35af..a819e33815ef5594cde4f4585d3266d75150fa5c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Breakpoints_v2.xcbkptlist
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 *~
-/dstat-interface/dist/
-/dstat-interface/build/
 RELEASE-VERSION
 paver-minilib.zip
 dist
diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index 4402f756675599b9512cb3f663b9f31da02f1c21..4492db85f0935ba0ce0089b25ecd188809aa8af1 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ setup(name='dstat-interface',
       url='https://github.com/wheeler-microfluidics/dstat-interface',
       license='GPL',
       packages=['dstat_interface', ],
-      install_requires=['matplotlib', 'numpy', 'pycairo', 'pyserial', 'pygtk',
+      install_requires=['matplotlib', 'numpy', 'pyserial', 
                         'pygobject', 'pyzmq'],
       # Install data listed in `MANIFEST.in`
       include_package_data=True)