diff --git a/gabbi/case.py b/gabbi/case.py
index e3eed64..b7d75ff 100644
--- a/gabbi/case.py
+++ b/gabbi/case.py
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import os
 import re
 
 import jsonpath_rw
-import testtools
+import unittest
 from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 
-class HTTPTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
+class HTTPTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     """Encapsulate a single HTTP request as a TestCase.
 
     If the test is a member of a sequence of requests, ensure that prior
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 120556e..d091229 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 six>=1.7.0
 PyYAML
-testtools>=0.9.32
 httplib2
 jsonpath-rw
 wsgi-intercept