diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7b63287d71..205859d0ec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,5 @@ Jinja2>=2.6 # BSD License (3 clause)
 keystonemiddleware>=2.0.0
 oslo.messaging!=1.17.0,!=1.17.1,>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
-posix-ipc
 oslo.versionedobjects>=0.6.0
 jsonschema!=2.5.0,<3.0.0,>=2.0.0