diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a054b841c9..ad2fb0eef6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ commands = {posargs}
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
   -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
-  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
   rm -rf doc/build