diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_cell_mapping.py b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_cell_mapping.py
index e77c1a994c78..118aa52edab9 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_cell_mapping.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_cell_mapping.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class CellMappingTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
     sample_mapping = {'uuid': '',
                 'name': 'fake-cell',
                 'transport_url': 'rabbit:///',
-                'database_connection': 'mysql:///'}
+                'database_connection': 'mysql+pymysql:///'}
 
     def _create_mapping(self, **kwargs):
         args = self.sample_mapping.copy()
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py b/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py
index 6cf4fabfeb5e..a7ee5406c324 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/db/test_db_api.py
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ class SqlAlchemyDbApiNoDbTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
     def test_get_regexp_op_for_database_mysql(self):
         op = sqlalchemy_api._get_regexp_op_for_connection(
-                'mysql://root@localhost')
+                'mysql+pymysql://root@localhost')
         self.assertEqual('REGEXP', op)
 
     def test_get_regexp_op_for_database_postgresql(self):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py
index 1046b8d75584..1a5fb12c245b 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_cell_mapping.py
@@ -59,33 +59,33 @@ class _TestCellMappingObject(object):
     def test_create(self, create_in_db):
         uuid = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
         db_mapping = get_db_mapping(uuid=uuid, name='test',
-                database_connection='mysql:///')
+                database_connection='mysql+pymysql:///')
         create_in_db.return_value = db_mapping
         mapping_obj = objects.CellMapping(self.context)
         mapping_obj.uuid = uuid
         mapping_obj.name = 'test'
-        mapping_obj.database_connection = 'mysql:///'
+        mapping_obj.database_connection = 'mysql+pymysql:///'
 
         mapping_obj.create()
         create_in_db.assert_called_once_with(self.context,
                 {'uuid': uuid,
                  'name': 'test',
-                 'database_connection': 'mysql:///'})
+                 'database_connection': 'mysql+pymysql:///'})
         self.compare_obj(mapping_obj, db_mapping)
 
     @mock.patch.object(cell_mapping.CellMapping, '_save_in_db')
     def test_save(self, save_in_db):
         uuid = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
-        db_mapping = get_db_mapping(database_connection='mysql:///')
+        db_mapping = get_db_mapping(database_connection='mysql+pymysql:///')
         save_in_db.return_value = db_mapping
         mapping_obj = objects.CellMapping(self.context)
         mapping_obj.uuid = uuid
-        mapping_obj.database_connection = 'mysql:///'
+        mapping_obj.database_connection = 'mysql+pymysql:///'
 
         mapping_obj.save()
         save_in_db.assert_called_once_with(self.context, uuid,
                 {'uuid': uuid,
-                 'database_connection': 'mysql:///'})
+                 'database_connection': 'mysql+pymysql:///'})
         self.compare_obj(mapping_obj, db_mapping)
 
     @mock.patch.object(cell_mapping.CellMapping, '_destroy_in_db')
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 147dc7b8fa21..465cb1c06128 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ discover
 fixtures>=1.3.1
 mock>=1.0
 mox3>=0.7.0
-MySQL-python;python_version=='2.7'
 psycopg2
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2 # MIT License
 python-barbicanclient>=3.0.1
diff --git a/tools/db/schema_diff.py b/tools/db/schema_diff.py
index bc145cf04aa7..ca393874f5bc 100755
--- a/tools/db/schema_diff.py
+++ b/tools/db/schema_diff.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Run like:
 
     MYSQL:
 
-    ./tools/db/schema_diff.py mysql://root@localhost \
+    ./tools/db/schema_diff.py mysql+pymysql://root@localhost \
                               master:latest my_branch:82
 
     POSTGRESQL: