--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def fread(fn):
 if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
     tests_require = ['nose', 'cryptography', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0', 'blinker']
 else:
-    tests_require = ['nose', 'unittest2', 'cryptography', 'mock', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0', 'blinker']
+    tests_require = ['nose', 'cryptography', 'mock', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0', 'blinker']
 rsa_require = ['cryptography']
 signedtoken_require = ['cryptography', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0']
 signals_require = ['blinker']