diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index f6ad1acf..b0b887ec 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import numbers
 import sys
+import warnings
 from os import getenv, makedirs, mkdir, pardir
 from os.path import expanduser, dirname, exists, isdir, join, normpath
 from sys import platform
@@ -367,25 +368,13 @@ class Config(object):
     # Common
 
     def get_password(self, account):
-        try:
-            import keyring
-            return keyring.get_password(self.identifier, account)
-        except ImportError:
-            return None
+        warnings.warn("password subsystem is no longer supported", DeprecationWarning)
 
     def set_password(self, account, password):
-        try:
-            import keyring
-            keyring.set_password(self.identifier, account, password)
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
+        warnings.warn("password subsystem is no longer supported", DeprecationWarning)
 
     def delete_password(self, account):
-        try:
-            import keyring
-            keyring.delete_password(self.identifier, account)
-        except:
-            pass	# don't care - silently fail
+        warnings.warn("password subsystem is no longer supported", DeprecationWarning)
 
 # singleton
 config = Config()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2327e183..4887f10a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 certifi==2019.9.11
-keyring==19.2.0
-pathtools>=0.1.2
 requests>=2.11.1
 watchdog>=0.8.3
+semantic-version>=2.8.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be40d655..6bf35f8e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ if sys.platform=='darwin':
                   'optimize': 2,
                   'packages': [
                       'requests',
-                      'keyring.backends',
                       'sqlite3',	# Included for plugins
                   ],
                   'includes': [
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ elif sys.platform=='win32':
                   'optimize': 2,
                   'packages': [
                       'requests',
-                      'keyring.backends',
                       'sqlite3',	# Included for plugins
                   ],
                   'includes': [