diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4bd6ed..691cca1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 __pycache__
 build
 *.pyc
-
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/py2nb/converter.py b/py2nb/converter.py
index 1aeb56f..d24570d 100644
--- a/py2nb/converter.py
+++ b/py2nb/converter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
-from IPython.nbformat.v3 import nbpy
-from IPython import nbformat as nbf
+from nbformat.v3 import nbpy
+import nbformat as nbf
 
 from io import StringIO
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b08fcfc..e5ae4b3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="py2nb",