diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8b368d..e5494a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ getting a local copy running.
 1. Clone the repo.
 2. Setup a virtualenv.
 3. `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+4. `pip install --index-url https://code.stripe.com --upgrade stripe`
 4. Copy local_settings-template.py to local_settings.py and edit the settings.
 5. Comment out [this line](https://github.com/nicksergeant/snipt/blob/master/snipts/models.py#L19) from `snipts/models.py`
 6. `python manage.py syncdb`
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1e3f4f2..ef245ec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ python-postmark
 pyyaml
 simplejson
 South
-stripe
 uuid
 versiontools
 Werkzeug