diff --git a/doc/source/installing.rst b/doc/source/installing.rst
index 0e5ebabdb4..88a1538980 100644
--- a/doc/source/installing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/installing.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ In case of Fedora 16, for example, do this::
    $ su -
    # yum install git
    # yum install python2-devel python-setuptools python-distutils-extra
-   # yum install python-webob python-eventlet python-boto
+   # yum install python-webob python-eventlet
    # yum install python-virtualenv
 
 Build Glance::
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e1266f75a2..ff9dbe86cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ eventlet>=0.16.1
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
 Routes>=1.12.3,!=2.0
 WebOb>=1.2.3
-boto>=2.32.1
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.1,!=0.9.2
 httplib2>=0.7.5
 kombu>=2.5.0