diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c92224a..d6457f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 - `output` to `output-type` for CLI
 
 ### Fixed
-- a bug with `--site-limit`. it now exports the number of sets requested by the 
+- a bug with `--site-limit`. it now exports the number of sets requested by the user
 
 ## 0.8.0
 
diff --git a/backend/persister.py b/backend/persister.py
index bf3d11c..b470c2b 100644
--- a/backend/persister.py
+++ b/backend/persister.py
@@ -16,15 +16,9 @@
 import csv
 import io
 import os
-import shutil
 from pprint import pprint
 import json
 
-import pandas as pd
-import geopandas as gpd
-import psycopg2
-from shapely import Point
-
 from backend import OutputFormat
 from backend.logger import Loggable
 
diff --git a/backend/persisters/geoserver.py b/backend/persisters/geoserver.py
index 4461246..d8c07fc 100644
--- a/backend/persisters/geoserver.py
+++ b/backend/persisters/geoserver.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import time
 from itertools import groupby
 from typing import Type
-import psycopg2
 from shapely.geometry.multipoint import MultiPoint
 from shapely.geometry.point import Point
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB, insert
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 648458d..50e80af 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ pandas
 psycopg2
 pytest
 pyyaml
-sqlalchemy[mypy]
 types-pyyaml
 urllib3>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index abfc56f..d3f855e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
+# Read dependencies from requirements.txt
+with open("requirements.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as req_file:
+    requirements = req_file.read().splitlines()
+
 setup(
     name="nmuwd",
-    version="0.9.1",
+    version="0.9.3",
     author="Jake Ross",
     description="New Mexico Water Data Integration Engine",
     long_description=long_description,
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     ],
-    install_requires=["click", "httpx", "geopandas", "frost_sta_client"],
+    install_requires=requirements,
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "die = frontend.cli:cli",