diff --git a/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini b/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini
index 01853e48..f8311dc5 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini
+++ b/mediagoblin/config_spec.ini
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = string(default="sqlite:///%(here)s/celery.db")
 
 # default kombu stuff
 BROKER_TRANSPORT = string(default="sqlalchemy")
-BROKER_HOST = string(default="sqlite:///%(here)s/kombu.db")
+BROKER_HOST = string(default="sqlalchemy+sqlite:///%(here)s/kombu.db")
 
 # known booleans
 CELERY_RESULT_PERSISTENT = boolean()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e382e56..1c7caf96 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ setup(
         'Markdown',
         'sqlalchemy',
         'sqlalchemy-migrate',
-        'kombu-sqlalchemy',
         ## For now we're expecting that users will install this from
         ## their package managers.
         # 'lxml',