diff --git a/doc-requirements.txt b/doc-requirements.txt
index 65cb477c38..822e660cab 100644
--- a/doc-requirements.txt
+++ b/doc-requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 actdiag
-# NOTE(tonyb) Pillow isn't directly needed but it's pulled in via
-#  Collecting Pillow (from blockdiag-> ...)
-# So cap as per global-requirements until https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501995
-# is properly fixed
-Pillow>=2.4.0,<3.0.0 # MIT
 blockdiag
 docutils==0.11
 nwdiag