diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 615f9e1606..a1f488caed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ oslo.utils>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=0.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.9.0
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
-posix-ipc
 pycrypto>=2.6
 python-barbicanclient>=3.3.0
 python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.13