diff --git a/novaclient/client.py b/novaclient/client.py
index 225b68d54..0e0afebe5 100644
--- a/novaclient/client.py
+++ b/novaclient/client.py
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
 
     USER_AGENT = 'python-novaclient'
 
-    requests_config = {
-        'danger_mode': False,
-    }
-
     def __init__(self, user, password, projectid, auth_url=None,
                  insecure=False, timeout=None, proxy_tenant_id=None,
                  proxy_token=None, region_name=None,
@@ -104,7 +100,8 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             ch = logging.StreamHandler()
             self._logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
             self._logger.addHandler(ch)
-            self.requests_config['verbose'] = sys.stderr
+            if hasattr(requests, logging):
+                requests.logging.getLogger(requests.__name__).addHandler(ch)
 
     def use_token_cache(self, use_it):
         self.os_cache = use_it
@@ -167,7 +164,6 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             method,
             url,
             verify=self.verify_cert,
-            config=self.requests_config,
             **kwargs)
         self.http_log_resp(resp)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index ca21fb0ce..ecc9606f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ class ClientTest(utils.TestCase):
             requests.request.assert_called_with(mock.ANY, mock.ANY,
                                                 timeout=2,
                                                 headers=mock.ANY,
-                                                verify=mock.ANY,
-                                                config=mock.ANY)
+                                                verify=mock.ANY)
 
     def test_get_client_class_v2(self):
         output = novaclient.client.get_client_class('2')
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index d3a744219..11bff80e1 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import testtools
 
 class TestCase(testtools.TestCase):
     TEST_REQUEST_BASE = {
-        'config': {'danger_mode': False},
         'verify': True,
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 7fbcbbe7c..ee904d4a3 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 argparse
 iso8601>=0.1.4
 prettytable>=0.6,<0.7
-requests<1.0
+requests>=0.8
 simplejson