Fix pip installation

setup.py

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-import pip
+import os
 from setuptools import setup
-# parse_requirements() returns generator of pip.req.InstallRequirement objects
-from pip.req import parse_requirements
-from soil import __version__
 
-try:
-    install_reqs = parse_requirements(
-        "requirements.txt", session=pip.download.PipSession())
-    test_reqs = parse_requirements(
-        "test-requirements.txt", session=pip.download.PipSession())
-except AttributeError:
-    install_reqs = parse_requirements("requirements.txt")
-    test_reqs = parse_requirements("test-requirements.txt")
 
-install_reqs = [str(ir.req) for ir in install_reqs]
-test_reqs = [str(ir.req) for ir in test_reqs]
+with open(os.path.join('soil', 'VERSION')) as f:
+    __version__ = f.read().strip()
+    assert __version__
+
+
+def parse_requirements(filename):
+    """ load requirements from a pip requirements file """
+    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        lineiter = list(line.strip() for line in f)
+    return [line for line in lineiter if line and not line.startswith("#")]
+
+
+install_reqs = parse_requirements("requirements.txt")
+test_reqs = parse_requirements("test-requirements.txt")
 
 
 setup(