diff --git a/testing/marionette/client/requirements.txt b/testing/marionette/client/requirements.txt
index c82db587e24..5083e921875 100644
--- a/testing/marionette/client/requirements.txt
+++ b/testing/marionette/client/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-./transport
+marionette-transport == 0.2
 manifestparser
 mozhttpd >= 0.5
 mozinfo >= 0.7
diff --git a/testing/marionette/client/setup.py b/testing/marionette/client/setup.py
index 5e323e82fbd..820c1c8599f 100644
--- a/testing/marionette/client/setup.py
+++ b/testing/marionette/client/setup.py
@@ -8,23 +8,6 @@ version = '0.7.9'
 with open('requirements.txt') as f:
     deps = f.read().splitlines()
 
-# Requirements.txt contains a pointer to the local copy of marionette_transport;
-# if we're installing using setup.py, handle this locally or replace with a valid
-# pypi package reference.
-deps = [x for x in deps if 'transport' not in x]
-transport_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.path.pardir, 'transport')
-method = [x for x in sys.argv if x in ('develop', 'install')]
-if os.path.exists(transport_dir) and method:
-    cmd = [sys.executable, 'setup.py', method[0]]
-    import subprocess
-    try:
-        subprocess.check_call(cmd, cwd=transport_dir)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        print "Error running setup.py in %s" % transport_dir
-        raise
-else:
-    deps += ['marionette-transport == 0.2']
-
 setup(name='marionette_client',
       version=version,
       description="Marionette test automation client",