diff --git a/keystoneclient/client.py b/keystoneclient/client.py
index 0233aeb6..14c38b06 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/client.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/client.py
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
 
     USER_AGENT = 'python-keystoneclient'
 
-    requests_config = {
-        'danger_mode': False,
-    }
-
     def __init__(self, username=None, tenant_id=None, tenant_name=None,
                  password=None, auth_url=None, region_name=None, timeout=None,
                  endpoint=None, token=None, cacert=None, key=None,
@@ -121,7 +117,8 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             ch = logging.StreamHandler()
             _logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
             _logger.addHandler(ch)
-            self.requests_config['verbose'] = sys.stderr
+            if hasattr(requests, logging):
+                requests.logging.getLogger(requests.__name__).addHandler(ch)
 
         # keyring setup
         self.use_keyring = use_keyring and keyring_available
@@ -336,7 +333,6 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             method,
             url,
             verify=self.verify_cert,
-            config=self.requests_config,
             **request_kwargs)
 
         self.http_log_resp(resp)
diff --git a/tests/test_shell.py b/tests/test_shell.py
index 695fe020..4de4a2c4 100644
--- a/tests/test_shell.py
+++ b/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
             request_mock.assert_called_with(mock.ANY, mock.ANY,
                                             timeout=2,
                                             headers=mock.ANY,
-                                            verify=mock.ANY,
-                                            config=mock.ANY)
+                                            verify=mock.ANY)
 
     def test_do_endpoints(self):
         do_shell_mock = mock.MagicMock()
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 6e8dbaf8..9d9bf8d6 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
     TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/'
     TEST_ADMIN_URL = '%s%s' % (TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL, 'v2.0')
     TEST_REQUEST_BASE = {
-        'config': {'danger_mode': False},
         'verify': True,
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ class UnauthenticatedTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
     TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/'
     TEST_ADMIN_URL = '%s%s' % (TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL, 'v2.0')
     TEST_REQUEST_BASE = {
-        'config': {'danger_mode': False},
         'verify': True,
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/v3/utils.py b/tests/v3/utils.py
index e2a1412a..bfb38615 100644
--- a/tests/v3/utils.py
+++ b/tests/v3/utils.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
     TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/'
     TEST_ADMIN_URL = '%s%s' % (TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL, 'v3')
     TEST_REQUEST_BASE = {
-        'config': {'danger_mode': False},
         'verify': True,
     }
 
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ class UnauthenticatedTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
     TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/'
     TEST_ADMIN_URL = '%s%s' % (TEST_ROOT_ADMIN_URL, 'v3')
     TEST_REQUEST_BASE = {
-        'config': {'danger_mode': False},
         'verify': True,
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index f93089ee..81d06638 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 argparse
 iso8601>=0.1.4
 prettytable
-requests>=0.8.8,<1.0
+requests>=0.8.8
 simplejson