diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d9dfe7d477..d8b890dae8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ WebOb>=1.8.2 # MIT
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=2.19.2 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.db>=8.3.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.db[mysql]>=8.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=3.15.3 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=3.36.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=12.4.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ oslo.upgradecheck>=0.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 pyasn1!=0.2.3,>=0.1.8 # BSD
 pyasn1-modules>=0.0.6 # BSD
-PyMySQL>=0.8.0 # MIT License
 python-barbicanclient>=4.5.2 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-novaclient>=9.1.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -47,10 +46,10 @@ octavia-lib>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 netaddr>=0.7.19 # BSD
 simplejson>=3.13.2 # MIT
 setproctitle>=1.1.10 # BSD
+python-dateutil>=2.7.0 # BSD
 
 #for the amphora api
 Flask!=0.11,>=0.10 # BSD
-netifaces>=0.10.4 # MIT
 cryptography>=3.0 # BSD/Apache-2.0
 pyroute2>=0.5.14;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
 gunicorn>=19.9.0 # MIT
diff --git a/tools/coding-checks.sh b/tools/coding-checks.sh
index 92dff3141e..0750a28126 100755
--- a/tools/coding-checks.sh
+++ b/tools/coding-checks.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ run_pylint () {
     echo "Running pylint..."
     echo "You can speed this up by running it on 'HEAD~[0-9]' (e.g. HEAD~1, this change only)..."
     if [ -n "${files}" ]; then
-        pylint -j 0 --max-nested-blocks 7 --extension-pkg-whitelist netifaces --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized ${files}
+        pylint -j 0 --max-nested-blocks 7 --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized ${files}
     else
         echo "No python changes in this commit, pylint check not required."
         exit 0