diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 53fde5282..21cda901a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ dev_extras = [
     'astroid==1.3.5',
     'coverage',
     'nose',
-    'nosexcover',
     'pep8',
     'pylint==1.4.2',  # upstream #248
     'tox',