diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index e3446fd..78d562f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ mock<1.1
 unittest2
 python-subunit
 requests-mock>=1.4.0
-requests-kerberos
 sphinx>=1.2,<1.3.0
 stestr>=2.0.0
 testscenarios
diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index 4105bbd..2a24563 100644
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ class JenkinsTestBase(TestWithScenarios, unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(JenkinsTestBase, self).setUp()
-        # TODO(darragh) would be useful if this could be mocked
-        jenkins.requests_kerberos = None
 
         self.j = jenkins.Jenkins(self.base_url, 'test', 'test')