diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 4c8518e7b2..40e7b0b8ad 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 hacking>=0.10.0,<0.11
 bashate>=0.2 # Apache-2.0
 
-# Optional backend: SQL
-pysqlite
-
 # Optional backend: Memcache
 python-memcached>=1.48