diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d01947b07..50e545143 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ commands =
   coverage html --include='nova/*' -d covhtml -i
 
 [testenv:venv]
-# NOTE(jaegerandi): 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 = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:docs]