diff --git a/reqs.txt b/reqs.txt
index a3447bd..5b831e8 100644
--- a/reqs.txt
+++ b/reqs.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-requests=0.5.0
-omnijson=0.1.2
\ No newline at end of file
+requests==0.5.0
+omnijson==0.1.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6cb32ea..f75fd59 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
     sys.exit()
 
 with open('reqs.txt') as f:
-    required = f.readlines()
+    required = map(str.rstrip, f.readlines())
 
 setup(
     name='github3',