diff --git a/FIAT/finite_element.py b/FIAT/finite_element.py
index 500821531..999e7151b 100644
--- a/FIAT/finite_element.py
+++ b/FIAT/finite_element.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 # Modified by Thomas H. Gibson (t.gibson15@imperial.ac.uk), 2016
 
 import numpy
-import scipy
-import warnings
 
 from FIAT.dual_set import DualSet
 from FIAT.polynomial_set import PolynomialSet
@@ -131,14 +129,7 @@ def __init__(self, poly_set, dual, order, formdegree=None, mapping="affine", ref
         V = numpy.dot(A, numpy.transpose(B))
         self.V = V
 
-        # new_coeffs_flat = numpy.linalg.solve(V.T, B)
-        warnings.filterwarnings("error")
-        try:
-            LU, piv = scipy.linalg.lu_factor(V)
-            new_coeffs_flat = scipy.linalg.lu_solve((LU, piv), B, trans=1)
-        except scipy.linalg.LinAlgWarning:
-            raise numpy.linalg.LinAlgError("Singular Vandermonde matrix")
-        warnings.resetwarnings()
+        new_coeffs_flat = numpy.linalg.solve(numpy.transpose(V), B)
 
         new_shp = new_coeffs_flat.shape[:1] + shp[1:]
         new_coeffs = new_coeffs_flat.reshape(new_shp)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20ba60391..9e06e01ad 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
       download_url=tarball,
       license="LGPL v3 or later",
       packages=["FIAT"],
-      install_requires=["numpy", "recursivenodes", "scipy", "sympy"])
+      install_requires=["numpy", "recursivenodes", "sympy"])