diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca78e2b6f..4cf1cf794 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # date but we do not test them so no guarantee of having them all correct. If
 # you find any incorrect lower bounds, let us know or propose a fix.
 
-# pbr should be first
 pbr>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 oslo.config>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ oslo.serialization>=2.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 PrettyTable>=0.7.1 # BSD
 requests>=2.14.2 # Apache-2.0
-simplejson>=3.5.1 # MIT
 Babel>=2.5.0 # BSD
 osc-lib>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0