diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/pip-requires
rename to requirements.txt
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/test-requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/test-requires
rename to test-requirements.txt
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3c5bf1462..2e4be8a80 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 envlist = py26,py27,pep8
 
 [testenv]
-deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires
-       -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          EVENTLET_NO_GREENDNS=yes
 commands =
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ commands =
     flake8 ceilometer setup.py bin/ceilometer-agent-central bin/ceilometer-agent-compute bin/ceilometer-collector bin/ceilometer-api tests
 
 [testenv:docs]
-deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires
-       -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
        sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 
 [testenv:venv]
-deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires
-       -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
        sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 commands = {posargs}