diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3c0e82bb0e89c015f4197ff03f30bd14cd150bd7..4f038f05d19585d543817b3121473664bb3d1f37 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ networkx
 numpy
 pandas
 pyBigWig
-pybedtools @ git+https://github.com/blaiseli/pybedtools.git@fix_missing_headers --global-option="cythonize"
+# pybedtools @ git+https://github.com/blaiseli/pybedtools.git@fix_missing_headers --global-option="cythonize"
+pybedtools
 scipy
 seaborn
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 14c4e758a8dd04a08ae145236d6033345ac64921..caea281408e4bdc4cafc24f2d53bc2da8674894c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ setup(
         "numpy",
         "pandas",
         "pyBigWig",
-        "pybedtools @ git+https://github.com/blaiseli/pybedtools.git@fix_missing_headers",
+        # "pybedtools @ git+https://github.com/blaiseli/pybedtools.git@fix_missing_headers",
+        "pybedtools",
         "scipy",
         "seaborn"],
     # specific versions and index would rather belong to requirements.txt