diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include Makefile
 include requirements.txt
+include requirements-swh.txt
 include version.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
copy from requirements.txt
copy to requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-python-debian
-vcversioner
 swh.core
 swh.loader.dir >= 0.0.15
 swh.model >= 0.0.4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
 python-debian
 vcversioner
-swh.core
-swh.loader.dir >= 0.0.15
-swh.model >= 0.0.4
-swh.scheduler
-swh.storage >= 0.0.31
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 def parse_requirements():
     requirements = []
-    with open('requirements.txt') as f:
-        for line in f.readlines():
-            line = line.strip()
-            if not line or line.startswith('#'):
-                continue
-            requirements.append(line)
-
+    for reqf in ('requirements.txt', 'requirements-swh.txt'):
+        with open(reqf) as f:
+            for line in f.readlines():
+                line = line.strip()
+                if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+                    continue
+                requirements.append(line)
     return requirements