diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/testing/template_model_sync_test.rst b/doc/source/contributor/testing/template_model_sync_test.rst
index 749cf67b8b0..befc315220c 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/testing/template_model_sync_test.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/testing/template_model_sync_test.rst
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ test execution.
 
 ::
 
- psutil>=1.1.1,<2.0.0
+ psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD
  psycopg2
  PyMySQL>=0.6.2  # MIT License
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/test_server.py b/neutron/tests/functional/test_server.py
index a31639d2b2c..43110f789d9 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/test_server.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/test_server.py
@@ -110,10 +110,7 @@ class TestNeutronServer(base.BaseTestCase):
 
         def safe_ppid(proc):
             try:
-                if psutil.version_info[0] == 1:
-                    return proc.ppid
-                else:
-                    return proc.ppid()
+                return proc.ppid()
             except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
                 return None