diff --git a/openstack-common.conf b/openstack-common.conf
index d15422adc..6e6c64e9e 100644
--- a/openstack-common.conf
+++ b/openstack-common.conf
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # The list of modules to copy from oslo-incubator.git
 module=cache
 module=context
-module=db
-module=db.sqlalchemy
 module=eventlet_backdoor
 module=excutils
 module=fileutils
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 24f7c2c9b..a665bb3f1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ alembic>=0.4.1
 six>=1.7.0
 stevedore>=0.14
 oslo.config>=1.2.1
+oslo.db>=0.2.0
 oslo.messaging>=1.3.0
 oslo.rootwrap