diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d3b41b2..997a5bf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,19 +48,10 @@ requires = [
     # need to explicitly install e.g. 8.0.17 depending on how it behaves...
     'mysql-connector-python',
 
-    # TODO: this is the same restriction as upstream (rattail) uses.
-    # at first i didn't set this here, but for some reason an install
-    # got SA 1.4.x so then i had to.
-    'SQLAlchemy<1.4',                   # 0.7.6                 1.3.24
-
     'invoke',                           # 1.4.1
     'psycopg2',                         # 2.8.4
-
-    'rattail[db,bouncer]',              # 0.9.141
     'rattail-fabric2',                  # 0.2.1
     'Tailbone',                         # 0.8.72
-    'pyCOREPOS',                        # 0.1.1
-    'rattail-corepos',                  # 0.1.3
     'tailbone-corepos',                 # 0.1.3
 ]