diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c08b7c50c..2cbc284d2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 click
 flask
 psycopg2
 python-dateutil
 vcversioner
-kafka_python
 aiohttp
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 090b2b1e0..20c980927 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,41 +1,42 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
 def parse_requirements():
     requirements = []
     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
 
 
 setup(
     name='swh.storage',
     description='Software Heritage storage manager',
     author='Software Heritage developers',
     author_email='swh-devel@inria.fr',
     url='https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DSTO/',
     packages=[
         'swh.storage',
         'swh.storage.api',
         'swh.storage.provenance',
         'swh.storage.schemata',
         'swh.storage.tests',
     ],
     scripts=[
         'bin/swh-storage-add-dir',
     ],
     install_requires=parse_requirements(),
     extras_require={
         'schemata': ['SQLAlchemy'],
+        'listener': ['kafka_python'],
     },
     setup_requires=['vcversioner'],
     vcversioner={},
     include_package_data=True,
 )