diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95365f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sympy
+transitions
+numpy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e01325a..ddd0811 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 setup(
     name=f"{agent_package}agent",
     version=__version__,
-    install_requires=["volttron", "sympy", "transitions", "numpy"],
     packages=packages,
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
     entry_points={"setuptools.installation": [f"eggsecutable = {agent_module}:main"]},
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
         "Topic :: Home Automation",
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Embedded Systems",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/src/ilc/control_handler.py b/src/ilc/control_handler.py
index 3e13fdd..89d7552 100644
--- a/src/ilc/control_handler.py
+++ b/src/ilc/control_handler.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 from importlib.metadata import distribution, PackageNotFoundError
 try:
     distribution('volttron-core')
-    from volttron.client.logs import setup_logging
     from volttron.client.messaging import headers as headers_mod
     from volttron.client.vip.agent import Agent
     from volttron.utils import format_timestamp, get_aware_utc_now
@@ -37,12 +36,11 @@
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     from volttron.platform.vip.agent import Agent
     from volttron.platform.messaging import headers as headers_mod
-    from volttron.platform.agent.utils import format_timestamp, get_aware_utc_now, setup_logging
+    from volttron.platform.agent.utils import format_timestamp, get_aware_utc_now
     from volttron.platform.jsonrpc import RemoteError
 
 from ilc.utils import parse_sympy, sympy_evaluate, create_device_topic_map, fix_up_point_name
 
-setup_logging()
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/src/ilc/criteria_handler.py b/src/ilc/criteria_handler.py
index d28b9ee..749d75f 100644
--- a/src/ilc/criteria_handler.py
+++ b/src/ilc/criteria_handler.py
@@ -32,17 +32,15 @@
 from importlib.metadata import distribution, PackageNotFoundError
 try:
     distribution('volttron-core')
-    from volttron.client.logs import setup_logging
     from volttron.client.messaging import headers as headers_mod
     from volttron.utils import get_aware_utc_now, format_timestamp
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     from volttron.platform.messaging import headers as headers_mod
-    from volttron.platform.agent.utils import format_timestamp, get_aware_utc_now, setup_logging
+    from volttron.platform.agent.utils import format_timestamp, get_aware_utc_now
 
 from ilc.ilc_matrices import (build_score, input_matrix)
 from ilc.utils import sympy_evaluate, create_device_topic_map, fix_up_point_name
 
-setup_logging()
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 criterion_registry = {}
diff --git a/src/ilc/ilc_matrices.py b/src/ilc/ilc_matrices.py
index a1338ce..4b7285f 100644
--- a/src/ilc/ilc_matrices.py
+++ b/src/ilc/ilc_matrices.py
@@ -29,18 +29,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import reduce
 
-from importlib.metadata import distribution, PackageNotFoundError
-try:
-    distribution('volttron-core')
-    from volttron.client.logs import setup_logging
-except PackageNotFoundError:
-    from volttron.platform.agent.utils import setup_logging
-
-setup_logging()
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
-                    format='%(asctime)s   %(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
-                    datefmt='%m-%d-%y %H:%M:%S')
 
 
 def extract_criteria(filename):