diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c30fc08e3..54df0e3fb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ oslo.rootwrap>=1.6.0  # Apache-2.0
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 pecan>=0.8.0
-posix_ipc
 oslo.messaging>=1.8.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=1.0.0                  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.4.0               # Apache-2.0