diff --git a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/migration_cli/ext_alembic.py b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/migration_cli/ext_alembic.py
index e44fbc83..69631a54 100644
--- a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/migration_cli/ext_alembic.py
+++ b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/migration_cli/ext_alembic.py
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ class AlembicExtension(ext_base.MigrationExtensionBase):
     def __init__(self, engine, migration_config):
         self.alembic_ini_path = migration_config.get('alembic_ini_path', '')
         self.config = alembic_config.Config(self.alembic_ini_path)
-        # TODO(viktors): Remove this, when we will use Alembic 0.7.5 or
-        #                higher, because the ``attributes`` dictionary was
-        #                added to Alembic in version 0.7.5.
-        if not hasattr(self.config, 'attributes'):
-            self.config.attributes = {}
         # option should be used if script is not in default directory
         repo_path = migration_config.get('alembic_repo_path')
         if repo_path:
diff --git a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/test_migrations.py b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/test_migrations.py
index 9d3a0bd5..12e68ebe 100644
--- a/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/test_migrations.py
+++ b/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/test_migrations.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import pprint
 import alembic
 import alembic.autogenerate
 import alembic.migration
-import pkg_resources as pkg
 import sqlalchemy
 import sqlalchemy.exc
 import sqlalchemy.sql.expression as expr
@@ -557,22 +556,12 @@ class ModelsMigrationsSync(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         filtering is performed, changes are returned as is.
 
         :param diff: a list of differences (see `compare_metadata()` docs for
-                     details on format)
+            details on format)
         :returns: a list of differences
-
         """
-
         return diff
 
     def test_models_sync(self):
-        # recent versions of sqlalchemy and alembic are needed for running of
-        # this test, but we already have them in requirements
-        try:
-            pkg.require('sqlalchemy>=0.8.4', 'alembic>=0.6.2')
-        except (pkg.VersionConflict, pkg.DistributionNotFound) as e:
-            self.skipTest('sqlalchemy>=0.8.4 and alembic>=0.6.3 are required'
-                          ' for running of this test: %s' % e)
-
         # drop all objects after a test run
         engine = self.get_engine()
         backend = provision.Backend(engine.name, engine.url)