diff --git a/openxcap b/openxcap
index b4b92d6..2780df5 100644
--- a/openxcap
+++ b/openxcap
@@ -1,76 +1,70 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2015 AG Projects.
 #
 
 """OpenXCAP"""
 
 
 MEMORY_DEBUG = False
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys
     from optparse import OptionParser
     from application.process import process, ProcessError
     from application import log
     import xcap
 
     name = 'openxcap'
     description = 'An open source XCAP Server'
     version = xcap.__version__
     fullname = 'OpenXCAP %s' % version
 
     config_directory = '/etc/openxcap'
     runtime_directory = '/var/run/openxcap'
     default_pid = "%s/%s.pid" % (runtime_directory, name)
 
     parser = OptionParser(version="%%prog %s" % version)
     parser.add_option("--no-fork", action="store_false", dest="fork", default=1,
                       help="run the process in the foreground (for debugging)")
     parser.add_option("--pid", dest="pidfile", default=default_pid,
                       help="pid file (%s)" % default_pid,
                       metavar="File")
 
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
-    try:
-        xcap.dependencies.check()
-    except xcap.DependencyError, e:
-        log.fatal(str(e))
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     pidfile = options.pidfile
     process.system_config_directory = config_directory
 
     if not options.fork:
         process._runtime_directory = None
     else:
         try:
             process.runtime_directory = runtime_directory
             process.daemonize(pidfile)
         except ProcessError, e:
             log.msg("Fatal error: %s" % e)
             sys.exit(1)
         else:
             from xcap.logutil import start_log
             start_log()
 
     log.msg("Starting %s" % fullname)
 
     try:
         if not options.fork and MEMORY_DEBUG:
             from application.debug.memory import memory_dump
         from xcap.server import XCAPServer
         server = XCAPServer()
         server.start()
     except Exception, e:
         log.fatal("failed to create %s: %s" % (fullname, e))
         if e.__class__ is not RuntimeError:
             log.err()
         sys.exit(1)
 
     if not options.fork and MEMORY_DEBUG:
         print "------------------"
         memory_dump()
         print "------------------"
 
diff --git a/xcap/__init__.py b/xcap/__init__.py
index eb24424..5b4ce9b 100644
--- a/xcap/__init__.py
+++ b/xcap/__init__.py
@@ -1,43 +1,9 @@
 
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2010 AG-Projects.
 #
 
 """XCAP package"""
 
 __version__ = "2.3.0"
 __cfgfile__ = "config.ini"
 
-
-# python-lxml and python-sqlobject don't provide any usable version attribute.
-package_requirements = {'python-application': '1.4.0',
-                        'python-gnutls':      '1.1.8',
-                        'twisted':            '8.1.0'}
-
-try:
-    from application.dependency import ApplicationDependencies, PackageDependency, DependencyError
-except ImportError:
-    class DependencyError(Exception): pass
-
-    class ApplicationDependencies(object):
-        def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
-            pass
-        def check(self):
-            required_version = package_requirements['python-application']
-            raise DependencyError("need python-application version %s or higher but it's not installed" % required_version)
-
-    class PackageDependency(object):
-        def __init__(self, name, required_version, version_attribute=None):
-            required_version = package_requirements['python-application']
-            raise DependencyError("need python-application version %s or higher but it's not installed" % required_version)
-
-package_dependencies = [PackageDependency('python-mysqldb', '1.2.2', 'MySQLdb.__version__')]
-dependencies = ApplicationDependencies(*package_dependencies, **package_requirements)
-
-# web2 is not included anymore with twisted tarballs, but it's still on svn
-# and all functionality hasn't been migrated to web yet. -Saul
-try:
-    import twisted.web2
-except ImportError:
-    raise DependencyError("Twisted's web2 component is missing. Check http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads")
-del twisted.web2
-