diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c82132f..e5b55f8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ zip_safe = False
 [files]
 packages =
     sphinxcontrib
-namespace_packages =
-    sphinxcontrib
 
 [global]
 zip_safe = False
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/__init__.py b/sphinxcontrib/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 35d34fc..0000000
--- a/sphinxcontrib/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-"""
-    sphinxcontrib
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    This package is a namespace package that contains all extensions
-    distributed in the ``sphinx-contrib`` distribution.
-
-    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2009 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
-    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
-"""
-
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/paverutils.py b/sphinxcontrib/paverutils.py
index c15f727..5df5c8a 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/paverutils.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/paverutils.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 directly.
 """
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@
 from paver.easy import *  # noqa
 
 import textwrap
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
 
 @task
 def html(options):