diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 05c551d1a..b077ed4fd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ pycrypto>=2.6
 jsonschema>=1.3.0,!=1.4.0
 SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,<=0.7.99
 alembic>=0.4.1
-psycopg2
 netaddr>=0.7.6
 Babel>=1.3
 # TODO: Get this working again...PyKCS11>=1.2.4
diff --git a/rpmbuild/SPECS/barbican.spec b/rpmbuild/SPECS/barbican.spec
index 1b33233dd..075a4ba1e 100644
--- a/rpmbuild/SPECS/barbican.spec
+++ b/rpmbuild/SPECS/barbican.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 Requires: python-alembic, python-crypto, python-dateutil
 Requires: python-eventlet, python-falcon, python-iso8601, python-jsonschema
 Requires: python-keystoneclient, python-kombu, python-oslo.config, python-paste-deploy
-Requires: python-psycopg2, python-pysqlite, python-sqlalchemy, python-stevedore
+Requires: python-pysqlite, python-sqlalchemy, python-stevedore
 Requires: python-uwsgi, python-webob, python-netaddr, python-babel
 
 %description
diff --git a/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh b/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh
index 4789c73f6..fb86ab3b2 100755
--- a/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh
+++ b/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ fpm -s python -t rpm jsonschema
 fpm -s python -t rpm SQLAlchemy
 # --> python-sqlalchemy 0.5.5-3.el6_2 exists, but is incompatible
 fpm -s python -t rpm alembic
-# fpm -s python -t rpm psycopg2
-# --> python-psycopg2 2.0.14-2.el6
 
 # ---------------------
 # Indirect dependencies