diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a09b2f..94c5aa6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ setup(
     ],
     namespace_packages=[],
     install_requires=[
-        'absl-py>=0.9,<0.13',
+        'absl-py>=0.9',
         'googleapis-common-protos>=1.52.0,<2',
         'protobuf>=3.13,<4',
     ],
@@ -137,8 +137,5 @@ setup(
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     keywords='tensorflow metadata tfx',
     download_url='https://github.com/tensorflow/metadata/tags',
-    requires=[],
-    cmdclass={
-        'build': _BuildCommand,
-        'bazel_build': _BazelBuildCommand,
-    })
+    requires=[]
+    )