diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a750e7a9673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.pyc
+*.DS_Store
+build/*
+build-stamp
+run_tests.err.log
+run_tests.log
+tests/
+.quantum-venv/
diff --git a/quantum/plugins/cisco/pip-requires b/quantum/plugins/cisco/pip-requires
deleted file mode 100644
index dcd1ed51e12..00000000000
--- a/quantum/plugins/cisco/pip-requires
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
--e git+https://github.com/CiscoSystems/ncclient.git#egg=ncclient
diff --git a/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/pip-requires b/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/pip-requires
deleted file mode 100644
index e35201d56af..00000000000
--- a/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/pip-requires
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SQLAlchemy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/install_venv.py b/tools/install_venv.py
index 8bb57849aec..b9a34c8741e 100644
--- a/tools/install_venv.py
+++ b/tools/install_venv.py
@@ -30,20 +30,11 @@ import sys
 
 ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 VENV = os.path.join(ROOT, '.quantum-venv')
+PIP_REQUIRES = os.path.join(ROOT, 'tools', 'pip-requires')
 PY_VERSION = "python%s.%s" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])
 
 VENV_EXISTS = bool(os.path.exists(VENV))
 
-
-# Find all pip-requires in the project
-PIP_REQUIRES = []
-for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(ROOT)):
-    for f in files:
-        if f == 'pip-requires':
-            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(root, f)):
-                PIP_REQUIRES.append(os.path.join(root, f))
-
-
 def die(message, *args):
     print >> sys.stderr, message % args
     sys.exit(1)
@@ -99,15 +90,8 @@ def create_virtualenv(venv=VENV, install_pip=False):
 
 def install_dependencies(venv=VENV):
     print 'Installing dependencies with pip (this can take a while)...'
-
-    # Install greenlet by hand - just listing it in the requires file does not
-    # get it in stalled in the right order
-    # Create an install command with all found PIP_REQUIRES
-    cmd = ['tools/with_venv.sh', 'pip', 'install', '-E', venv]
-    for p in PIP_REQUIRES:
-        cmd.extend(['-r', p])
-
-    run_command(cmd, redirect_output=False)
+    run_command(['tools/with_venv.sh', 'pip', 'install', '-E', venv, '-r',
+                 PIP_REQUIRES], redirect_output=False)
 
     # Tell the virtual env how to "import quantum"
     pthfile = os.path.join(venv, "lib", PY_VERSION, "site-packages",