diff --git a/bin/travis-build b/bin/travis-build
index 612cefb937c..51e633781b4 100755
--- a/bin/travis-build
+++ b/bin/travis-build
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER datastore_default WITH PASSWORD 'pass';"
 sudo -u postgres psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE ckan_test WITH OWNER ckan_default;'
 sudo -u postgres psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE datastore_test WITH OWNER ckan_default;'
 
-pip install -r requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt --use-mirrors
+export PIP_USE_MIRRORS=true
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
 
 python setup.py develop
 
@@ -68,5 +70,5 @@ NOSE_ERROR=$?
 [ "0" -ne "$MOCHA_ERROR" ] && echo MOCKA tests have failed
 [ "0" -ne "$NOSE_ERROR" ] && echo NOSE tests have failed
 
-# If an error occured in our tests make sure travis knows
+# If an error occurred in our tests make sure travis knows
 exit `expr $MOCHA_ERROR + $NOSE_ERROR`
diff --git a/ckan/controllers/feed.py b/ckan/controllers/feed.py
index c22aa1080c7..d45ac119ae7 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/feed.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/feed.py
@@ -195,14 +195,14 @@ def group(self, id):
         alternate_url = self._alternate_url(params, groups=id)
 
         return self.output_feed(results,
-                                feed_title=u'%s - Group: "%s"' % (g.site_title,
-                                group_dict['title']),
+                                feed_title=u'%s - Group: "%s"' %
+                                (g.site_title, group_dict['title']),
                                 feed_description=u'Recently created or '
                                 'updated datasets on %s by group: "%s"' %
                                 (g.site_title, group_dict['title']),
                                 feed_link=alternate_url,
-                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id(
-                                u'/feeds/groups/%s.atom' % id),
+                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id
+                                (u'/feeds/groups/%s.atom' % id),
                                 feed_url=feed_url,
                                 navigation_urls=navigation_urls)
 
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ def tag(self, id):
                                 'updated datasets on %s by tag: "%s"' %
                                 (g.site_title, id),
                                 feed_link=alternate_url,
-                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id(
-                                u'/feeds/tag/%s.atom' % id),
+                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id
+                                (u'/feeds/tag/%s.atom' % id),
                                 feed_url=feed_url,
                                 navigation_urls=navigation_urls)
 
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ def general(self):
                                 feed_description=u'Recently created or '
                                 'updated datasets on %s' % g.site_title,
                                 feed_link=alternate_url,
-                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id(
-                                u'/feeds/dataset.atom'),
+                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id
+                                (u'/feeds/dataset.atom'),
                                 feed_url=feed_url,
                                 navigation_urls=navigation_urls)
 
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ def custom(self):
                                 ' datasets on %s. Custom query: \'%s\'' %
                                 (g.site_title, q),
                                 feed_link=alternate_url,
-                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id(
-                                u'/feeds/custom.atom?%s' % search_url_params),
+                                feed_guid=_create_atom_id
+                                (u'/feeds/custom.atom?%s' % search_url_params),
                                 feed_url=feed_url,
                                 navigation_urls=navigation_urls)
 
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/db.py b/ckanext/datastore/db.py
index 391829e412b..4dc41ff974d 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/db.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/db.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def alter_table(context, data_dict):
                 raise ValidationError({
                     'fields': [('Supplied field "{0}" not '
                                 'present or in wrong order').format(
-                                    field['id'])]
+                        field['id'])]
                 })
             ## no need to check type as field already defined.
             continue
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_dump.py b/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_dump.py
index ce55cac4ba6..041105af986 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_dump.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/tests/test_dump.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def setup_class(cls):
                         'nested': ['b', {'moo': 'moo'}],
                         u'characters': [u'Princess Anna', u'Sergius']},
                         {u'b\xfck': 'warandpeace', 'author': 'tolstoy',
-                        'nested': {'a': 'b'}}]
+                         'nested': {'a': 'b'}}]
         }
         postparams = '%s=1' % json.dumps(cls.data)
         auth = {'Authorization': str(cls.sysadmin_user.apikey)}
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 41611c81aec..a445712d239 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # These are packages that required when running ckan tests
+
 -e git+https://github.com/okfn/ckanclient@a315a72eef74dda4831acd022ef84a1246803c73#egg=ckanclient-dev
 docutils==0.8.1
-httpretty==0.6.0
-nose==1.2.1
-pep8==1.4.5
-pip-tools==0.3.1
+httpretty==0.6.2
+nose==1.3.0
+pep8==1.4.6
 Sphinx==1.2b1
 polib==1.0.3
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50bbd11b23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# The file contains the direct ckan requirements.
+# Use pip-compile to create a requirements.txt file from this
+
+Babel>=0.9.6,<1.0.0  # newer versions cause problems with when switching languages
+Jinja2==2.6  # newer version causes problem in CkanInternationalizationExtension.parse
+			 # when creating a new dataset
+Pylons==0.9.7
+Genshi==0.6
+WebTest==1.4.3  # need to pin this so that Pylons does not install a newer version that conflicts with WebOb==1.0.8
+apachemiddleware>=0.1.1
+fanstatic==0.12
+FormAlchemy>=1.4.2
+ofs==0.4.1
+Pairtree==0.7.1-T
+paste==1.7.5.1
+psycopg2==2.4.5
+python-dateutil>=1.5.0,<2.0.0
+pyutilib.component.core==4.5.3
+repoze.who-friendlyform==1.0.8
+repoze.who.plugins.openid==0.5.3
+repoze.who==1.0.19
+requests==1.1.0
+Routes==1.13
+solrpy==0.9.5
+sqlalchemy-migrate==0.7.2
+SQLAlchemy==0.7.8
+vdm==0.11
+WebHelpers==1.3
+WebOb==1.0.8
+zope.interface==4.0.1
+unicodecsv>=0.9
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 79fd67948dd..e16309daa8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,46 +1,44 @@
-# a Python virtual environment) after you have installed CKAN, with a command
-# instructions in CKAN's documentation for full installation instructions.
-# like: pip install -r requirements.txt. See the Install from Source
-# This file lists CKAN's dependencies so that you can install them (e.g. into
-apachemiddleware==0.1.1
 Babel==0.9.6
 Beaker==1.6.4
-decorator==3.4.0
-fanstatic==0.12
-FormAlchemy==1.4.2
+FormAlchemy==1.4.3
 FormEncode==1.2.6
 Genshi==0.6
 Jinja2==2.6
-Mako==0.7.3
-MarkupSafe==0.15
-ofs==0.4.1
+Mako==0.8.1
+MarkupSafe==0.18
 Pairtree==0.7.1-T
 Paste==1.7.5.1
 PasteDeploy==1.5.0
 PasteScript==1.7.5
-psycopg2==2.4.5
 Pygments==1.6
 Pylons==0.9.7
+Routes==1.13
+SQLAlchemy==0.7.8
+Tempita==0.5.1
+WebError==0.10.3
+WebHelpers==1.3
+WebOb==1.0.8
+WebTest==1.4.3
+apachemiddleware==0.1.1
+argparse==1.2.1
+decorator==3.4.0
+distribute==0.6.34
+fanstatic==0.12
+nose==1.3.0
+ofs==0.4.1
+psycopg2==2.4.5
 python-dateutil==1.5
 python-openid==2.2.5
 pyutilib.component.core==4.5.3
 repoze.lru==0.6
+repoze.who==1.0.19
 repoze.who-friendlyform==1.0.8
 repoze.who.plugins.openid==0.5.3
-repoze.who==1.0.19
 requests==1.1.0
-Routes==1.13
-simplejson==3.1.2
+simplejson==3.3.0
 solrpy==0.9.5
 sqlalchemy-migrate==0.7.2
-SQLAlchemy==0.7.8
-Tempita==0.5.1
-unicodecsv==0.9.0
+unicodecsv==0.9.4
 vdm==0.11
-verlib==0.1
-virtualenv==1.9.1
-WebError==0.10.3
-WebHelpers==1.3
-WebOb==1.0.8
-WebTest==1.4.3
+wsgiref==0.1.2
 zope.interface==4.0.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f4e97942047..276e03a5fdf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,52 +7,6 @@
 
 from ckan import __version__, __description__, __long_description__, __license__
 
-install_requires = [
-    'Babel>=0.9.6',
-    'Genshi==0.6',
-    'Jinja2>=2.6',
-    'Pylons==0.9.7',
-    'WebTest==1.4.3',  # need to pin this so that Pylons does not install a newer version that conflicts with WebOb==1.0.8
-    'apachemiddleware>=0.1.1',
-    'babel>=0.9.6',
-    'fanstatic==0.12',
-    'formalchemy>=1.4.2',
-    'markupsafe>=0.15',
-    'ofs>=0.4.1',
-    'pairtree>=0.7.1-T',
-    'paste>=1.7.5.1',
-    'psycopg2==2.4.5',
-    'python-dateutil>=1.5.0,<2.0.0',
-    'pyutilib.component.core>=4.5.3',
-    'repoze.who-friendlyform>=1.0.8',
-    'repoze.who.plugins.openid>=0.5.3',
-    'repoze.who==1.0.19',
-    'requests==1.1.0',
-    'routes>=1.13',
-    'solrpy>=0.9.5',
-    'sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.7.2',
-    'sqlalchemy==0.7.8',
-    'tempita>=0.5.1',
-    'vdm>=0.11',
-    'webhelpers>=1.3',
-    'webob==1.0.8',
-    'zope.interface>=4.0.1',
-    'unicodecsv>=0.9',
-]
-
-dev_requires = [
-    'ckanclient>=0.10',
-    'docutils>=0.8.1',
-    'httpretty>=0.5',
-    'nose>=1.2.1',
-    'pip-tools>=0.3.1',
-    'Sphinx>=1.2b1',
-]
-
-dependency_links = [
-    'https://github.com/okfn/ckanclient/tarball/master#egg=ckanclient'
-]
-
 setup(
     name='ckan',
     version=__version__,
@@ -63,8 +17,6 @@
     description=__description__,
     keywords='data packaging component tool server',
     long_description =__long_description__,
-    install_requires=install_requires,
-    extras_require={'dev': dev_requires},
     zip_safe=False,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['ez_setup']),
     namespace_packages=['ckanext', 'ckanext.stats'],