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diff --git a/‎plotly/widgets/graph_widget.py
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@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 import textwrap
 import os
 import sys
+from plotly.resources import (GRAPH_REFERENCE_GRAPH_OBJS_META,
+                              GRAPH_REFERENCE_NAME_TO_KEY,
+                              GRAPH_REFERENCE_KEY_TO_NAME,
+                              GRAPH_REFERENCE_OBJ_MAP, GRAPH_REFERENCE_DIR)
+
 if sys.version[:3] == '2.6':
     try:
         from ordereddict import OrderedDict
@@ -19,23 +24,27 @@
     import json
 import six
 
-from pkg_resources import resource_string
-
 
-# Define graph reference loader
 def _load_graph_ref():
-    graph_reference_dir = 'graph_reference'
-    json_files = [
-        'graph_objs_meta.json',
-        'OBJ_MAP.json',
-        'NAME_TO_KEY.json',
-        'KEY_TO_NAME.json'
-    ]
+    """
+    A private method to load the graph reference json files.
+
+    :return: (tuple) A tuple of dict objects.
+
+    """
     out = []
-    for json_file in json_files:
-        relative_path = os.path.join(graph_reference_dir, json_file)
-        s = resource_string('plotly', relative_path).decode('utf-8')
-        tmp = json.loads(s, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
+
+    # this splits directory path from basenames
+    filenames = [
+        os.path.split(GRAPH_REFERENCE_GRAPH_OBJS_META)[-1],
+        os.path.split(GRAPH_REFERENCE_OBJ_MAP)[-1],
+        os.path.split(GRAPH_REFERENCE_NAME_TO_KEY)[-1],
+        os.path.split(GRAPH_REFERENCE_KEY_TO_NAME)[-1]
+    ]
+    for filename in filenames:
+        path = os.path.join(sys.prefix, GRAPH_REFERENCE_DIR, filename)
+        with open(path, 'r') as f:
+            tmp = json.load(f, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
         tmp = utils.decode_unicode(tmp)
         out += [tmp]
     return tuple(out)
 
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections import deque
 import uuid
+import os
 import sys
 
 # TODO: protected imports?
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
 import plotly.plotly.plotly as py
 from plotly import utils, tools
 from plotly.graph_objs import Figure
-from pkg_resources import resource_string
+from plotly.resources import WIDGETS_DIR, WIDGETS_MAIN_JS
 
 # even though python 2.6 wouldn't be able to run *any* of this...
 if sys.version[:3] == '2.6':
@@ -21,8 +22,10 @@
 # Load JS widget code
 # No officially recommended way to do this in any other way
 # http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-dev/2014-April/013835.html
-js_widget_code = resource_string('plotly',
-                                 'widgets/graphWidget.js').decode('utf-8')
+js_file_path = os.path.join(sys.prefix, WIDGETS_DIR,
+                            os.path.split(WIDGETS_MAIN_JS)[-1])
+with open(js_file_path, 'r') as f:
+    js_widget_code = f.read().decode('utf-8')
 
 display(Javascript(js_widget_code))
 
 
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ def readme():
       packages=find_packages(),
       data_files=[(GRAPH_REFERENCE_DIR, GRAPH_REFERENCE_FILES),
                   (WIDGETS_DIR, WIDGETS_FILES)],
-      package_data={'plotly': ['graph_reference/*.json', 'widgets/*.js']},
       install_requires=['requests', 'six', 'pytz'],
       extras_require={"PY2.6": ['simplejson', 'ordereddict',
                                 'requests[security]']},