diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cc915e..7575b7d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Install with `pip install pycapnp`. You can set the CC environment variable to c
 Or you can clone the repo like so:
 
     git clone https://github.com/jparyani/pycapnp.git
-    pip install ./pycapnp
+    pip install --install-option '--force-cython' ./pycapnp
 
 Note: for OSX, if using clang from Xcode 5, you will need to set `CFLAGS` like so:
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51a9fd3..9041997 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-use_cython = True
-try:
-    from Cython.Build import cythonize
-    import Cython
-except ImportError:
-    use_cython = False
-
-if use_cython and Cython.__version__ < '0.19.1':
-    use_cython = False
+use_cython = False
 
 import pkg_resources
 setuptools_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("setuptools").version
@@ -23,10 +15,6 @@ import sys
 from buildutils import test_build, fetch_libcapnp, build_libcapnp, info
 from distutils.errors import CompileError
 from distutils.extension import Extension
-if use_cython:
-    from Cython.Distutils import build_ext as build_ext_c
-else:
-    from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext as build_ext_c
 
 _this_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
@@ -85,15 +73,15 @@ if force_bundled_libcapnp:
 force_system_libcapnp = "--force-system-libcapnp" in sys.argv
 if force_system_libcapnp:
     sys.argv.remove("--force-system-libcapnp")
-disable_cython = "--disable-cython" in sys.argv
-if disable_cython:
-    sys.argv.remove("--disable-cython")
-    use_cython = False
 force_cython = "--force-cython" in sys.argv
 if force_cython:
     sys.argv.remove("--force-cython")
     use_cython = True
 
+if use_cython:
+    from Cython.Distutils import build_ext as build_ext_c
+else:
+    from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext as build_ext_c
 
 class build_libcapnp_ext(build_ext_c):
     def build_extension(self, ext):
@@ -127,6 +115,8 @@ class build_libcapnp_ext(build_ext_c):
         return build_ext_c.run(self)
 
 if use_cython:
+    from Cython.Build import cythonize
+    import Cython
     extensions = cythonize('capnp/lib/*.pyx')
 else:
     extensions = [Extension("capnp.lib.capnp", ["capnp/lib/capnp.cpp"],