--- a/setup.py	Wed Mar 08 13:48:35 2017 -0800
+++ b/setup.py	Thu Mar 09 08:33:00 2017 -0800
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
     py_modules.append('hgext3rd.evolve.hack.inhibit')
     py_modules.append('hgext3rd.evolve.hack.directaccess')
 
-requires = []
-try:
-    import mercurial
-    mercurial.__all__
-except ImportError:
-    requires.append('mercurial>=%s' % min_hg_version())
-
 setup(
     name='hg-evolve',
     version=get_version(),