diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a0c8c4b..abb89e10 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ gevent>=1.1.1
 httplib2>=0.7.5 # MIT
 netaddr>=0.7.13,!=0.7.16 # BSD
 ntplib>=0.3.2,<0.4
-psutil<3.1.0
+psutil>=3.0.1 # BSD
 pymongo>=3.0.2,!=3.1
 python-memcached>=1.56 # PSF
 python-monascaclient>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tools/tox_install.sh b/tools/tox_install.sh
index e2175028..b8c43fb8 100755
--- a/tools/tox_install.sh
+++ b/tools/tox_install.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ pip install -c"$localfile" openstack-requirements
 # the current repo. It is listed in constraints file and thus any
 # install will be constrained and we need to unconstrain it.
 
-# NOTE(dmllr): temporary local uncaping of psutil in upper-constraints
-# if it is still 1.x. Remove me when https://review.openstack.org/#/c/333717/
-# merges
-edit-constraints "$localfile" -- "$CLIENT_NAME" psutil===3.0.1
+edit-constraints "$localfile" -- "$CLIENT_NAME"
 
 pip install -c"$localfile" -U "$@"
 exit $?