diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a678dd2d..228b0a82 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ cover/
 .coverage*
 !.coveragerc
 .tox
-nosetests.xml
 .venv
 .stestr/
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f25caecf..34531e97 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ paramiko>=2.0.0 # LGPLv2.1+
 tempest>=29.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 tenacity>=3.2.1 # Apache-2.0
 ddt>=1.0.1 # MIT
-nose>=1.3.7 # LGPL
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 eventlet!=0.18.3,!=0.20.1,>=0.18.2 # MIT