diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 12b4f61c..10a9ac1f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ commands = {posargs}
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
     -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
-    -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
     -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
     rm -rf doc/html doc/build
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ exclude=.venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*lib/python*,*egg,tools
 [testenv:releasenotes]
 deps =
     -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
-    -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
     -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
   rm -rf releasenotes/build