diff --git a/ceilometerclient/shell.py b/ceilometerclient/shell.py
index bce550e3..53320682 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/shell.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/shell.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Command-line interface to the OpenStack Telemetry API.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import argparse
-import httplib2
 import logging
 import sys
 
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ class CeilometerShell(object):
         format = '%(levelname)s (%(module)s:%(lineno)d) %(message)s'
         if debug:
             logging.basicConfig(format=format, level=logging.DEBUG)
-            httplib2.debuglevel = 1
         else:
             logging.basicConfig(format=format, level=logging.WARN)
 
diff --git a/ceilometerclient/tests/test_shell.py b/ceilometerclient/tests/test_shell.py
index aba7d18b..087ccd10 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/tests/test_shell.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #   under the License.
 
-import httplib2
 import re
 import six
 import sys
@@ -65,11 +64,6 @@ class ShellTest(utils.BaseTestCase):
     def test_help_unknown_command(self):
         self.assertRaises(exc.CommandError, self.shell, 'help foofoo')
 
-    def test_debug(self):
-        httplib2.debuglevel = 0
-        self.shell('--debug help')
-        self.assertEqual(httplib2.debuglevel, 1)
-
     def test_help(self):
         required = [
             '.*?^usage: ceilometer',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f032cafb..1f33a825 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 argparse
-httplib2
 iso8601>=0.1.8
 PrettyTable>=0.7,<0.8
 python-keystoneclient>=0.4.1