diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9a5709a..36337eb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Here are a few things you can do that will increase the likelihood of your pull
 
 - Write a [good commit message](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html).
 
+## Development prerequisites
+
+- setuptools >= 30.3.0
+
 ## License note
 
 We can only accept contributions that are compatible with the MIT license.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed1ac3b..a910b5b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ $ cd dns
 $ virtualenv env
 ...
 $ source env/bin/activate
-$ pip install -U setuptools>⁼30.3.0
 $ pip install octodns
 $ mkdir config
 ```