diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0ee600667691..d01947b078c2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ commands =
 commands = bandit -c bandit.yaml -r nova -n 5 -ll
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
-# NOTE(sdague): this target does not use constraints because
-# upstream infra does not yet support it. Once that's fixed, we can
-# drop the install_command.
-install_command = pip install -U --force-reinstall {opts} {packages}
 commands = bash -c tools/releasenotes_tox.sh
 
 [flake8]