diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ca12426..cd0e7f0b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ setup(
         'argparse',
         'webtest',
         'ConfigObj',
-        'lxml',
+        ## For now we're expecting that users will install this from
+        ## their package managers.
+        # 'lxml',
         ],
     test_suite='nose.collector',