diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2867bd1..c7dd66d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ matrix:
       sudo: true
 before_install:
   # coverage submission packages
+  - pip install -U pip
+  - pip install -U pytest
   - pip install codecov
   - pip install pymongo
 install:
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "2.7" ]; then pip install pytest coverage pytest-cov .; else pip install ".[test]"; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "2.7" ]; then pip install coverage pytest-cov .; else pip install ".[test]"; fi
 script: python -m pytest --cov=cachier
 # submit coverage
 after_success:
diff --git a/cachier/core.py b/cachier/core.py
index fe3c3fb..01aa029 100644
--- a/cachier/core.py
+++ b/cachier/core.py
@@ -16,18 +16,7 @@ import os
 from functools import wraps
 
 import datetime
-try:  # for asynchronous file uploads
-    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
-except ImportError:  # we're in python 2.x
-    import pip
-    PACKAGES = [
-        package.project_name
-        for package
-        in pip.get_installed_distributions()
-    ]
-    if 'futures' not in PACKAGES:
-        pip.main(['install', 'futures'])
-    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 from .pickle_core import _PickleCore
 from .mongo_core import _MongoCore, RecalculationNeeded
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ccefa05..cac0abe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ setup(
         cachier=cachier.scripts.cli:cli
     ''',
     install_requires=[
-        'watchdog', 'portalocker'
+        'watchdog', 'portalocker',
     ],
     extras_require={
-        'test': TEST_REQUIRES
+        'test': TEST_REQUIRES,
+        ':python_version == "2.7"': ['futures'],
     },
     platforms=['linux', 'osx', 'windows'],
     keywords=['cache', 'persistence', 'mongo', 'memoization', 'decorator'],