diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aa9eb71..aa4d164 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import sys, os
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
@@ -8,31 +7,31 @@ __author__ = 'Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>'
 __version__ = '1.4.6'
 
 setup(
-	# Basic package information.
-	name = 'twython',
-	version = __version__,
-	packages = find_packages(),
+    # Basic package information.
+    name='twython',
+    version=__version__,
+    packages=find_packages(),
 
-	# Packaging options.
-	include_package_data = True,
+    # Packaging options.
+    include_package_data=True,
 
-	# Package dependencies.
-	install_requires = ['simplejson', 'oauth2', 'httplib2', 'requests'],
+    # Package dependencies.
+    install_requires=['simplejson', 'oauth2', 'requests', 'requests-oauth'],
 
-	# Metadata for PyPI.
-	author = 'Ryan McGrath',
-	author_email = 'ryan@venodesigns.net',
-	license = 'MIT License',
-	url = 'http://github.com/ryanmcgrath/twython/tree/master',
-	keywords = 'twitter search api tweet twython',
-	description = 'An easy (and up to date) way to access Twitter data with Python.',
-	long_description = open('README.markdown').read(),
-	classifiers = [
-		'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
-		'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-		'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-		'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-		'Topic :: Communications :: Chat',
-		'Topic :: Internet'
-	]
+    # Metadata for PyPI.
+    author='Ryan McGrath',
+    author_email='ryan@venodesigns.net',
+    license='MIT License',
+    url='http://github.com/ryanmcgrath/twython/tree/master',
+    keywords='twitter search api tweet twython',
+    description='An easy (and up to date) way to access Twitter data with Python.',
+    long_description=open('README.markdown').read(),
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
+        'Topic :: Communications :: Chat',
+        'Topic :: Internet'
+    ]
 )
diff --git a/twython/twython.py b/twython/twython.py
index a2a125e..80ed8ea 100644
--- a/twython/twython.py
+++ b/twython/twython.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ __author__ = "Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>"
 __version__ = "1.4.6"
 
 import urllib
-import urllib2
 import re
 import inspect
 import time
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ except ImportError:
 # table is a file with a dictionary of every API endpoint that Twython supports.
 from twitter_endpoints import base_url, api_table
 
-from urllib2 import HTTPError
 
 # There are some special setups (like, oh, a Django application) where
 # simplejson exists behind the scenes anyway. Past Python 2.6, this should
@@ -272,22 +270,6 @@ class Twython(object):
     def constructApiURL(base_url, params):
         return base_url + "?" + "&".join(["%s=%s" % (Twython.unicode2utf8(key), urllib.quote_plus(Twython.unicode2utf8(value))) for (key, value) in params.iteritems()])
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def shortenURL(url_to_shorten, shortener="http://is.gd/api.php", query="longurl"):
-        """shortenURL(url_to_shorten, shortener = "http://is.gd/api.php", query = "longurl")
-
-            Shortens url specified by url_to_shorten.
-
-            Parameters:
-                url_to_shorten - URL to shorten.
-                shortener - In case you want to use a url shortening service other than is.gd.
-        """
-        try:
-            content = urllib2.urlopen(shortener + "?" + urllib.urlencode({query: Twython.unicode2utf8(url_to_shorten)})).read()
-            return content
-        except HTTPError, e:
-            raise TwythonError("shortenURL() failed with a %s error code." % e.code)
-
     def bulkUserLookup(self, ids=None, screen_names=None, version=1, **kwargs):
         """ bulkUserLookup(self, ids = None, screen_names = None, version = 1, **kwargs)