diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c85de4..6aaa85a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ tags
 .*.pyc
 *.scratch.*
 .svn
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+MANIFEST
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b30252..516ed3a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import gistapi
 
 from distutils.core import setup