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-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+swh.core >= 0.0.28
+swh.storage.archiver >= 0.0.52
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 # remote storage API server
 flask
 
-# Internal dependencies
-swh.core >= 0.0.28
-swh.storage.archiver >= 0.0.52
 click
 
 # optional dependencies