diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 6488b28f..9aae7927 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ pep8==1.5.7
 PrettyTable==0.7
 pyflakes==0.8.1
 Pygments==2.2.0
-python-keystoneclient==3.8.0
+python-keystoneclient==0.7.0
 python-mimeparse==1.6.0
 python-subunit==1.0.0
 pytz==2013.6
 PyYAML==3.12
 reno==2.5.0
-requests==2.14.2
-six==1.10.0
+requests==1.1.0
+six==1.9.0
 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
 sphinx==1.6.2
 sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.0.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b527918..1c2ce33d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
-# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
-# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 futures>=3.0.0;python_version=='2.7' or python_version=='2.6' # BSD
-requests>=2.14.2 # Apache-2.0
-six>=1.10.0 # MIT
+requests>=1.1.0
+six>=1.9.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f20bbcaf..e4963dba 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ data_files =
 
 [extras]
 keystone =
-  python-keystoneclient>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+    python-keystoneclient>=0.7.0
 
 [entry_points]
 console_scripts =
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 518f1d34..16a18f6e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,16 +17,10 @@
 # THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
 import setuptools, sys
 
-import setuptools
-
-# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
-# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
-# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
-try:
-    import multiprocessing  # noqa
-except ImportError:
-    pass
+if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+    sys.exit('Sorry, Python < 2.7 is not supported for'
+             ' python-swiftclient>=3.0')
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    setup_requires=['pbr>=2.0.0'],
+    setup_requires=['pbr'],
     pbr=True)
diff --git a/swiftclient/shell.py b/swiftclient/shell.py
index e91a16ff..3f66d5f6 100755
--- a/swiftclient/shell.py
+++ b/swiftclient/shell.py
@@ -1819,9 +1819,14 @@ Examples:
         parser.usage = globals()['st_%s_help' % args[0]]
         if options['insecure']:
             import requests
-            from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import \
-                InsecureRequestWarning
-            requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
+            try:
+                from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import \
+                    InsecureRequestWarning
+            except ImportError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(
+                    InsecureRequestWarning)
         try:
             globals()['st_%s' % args[0]](parser, argv[1:], output)
         except ClientException as err:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_shell.py b/tests/unit/test_shell.py
index 3db48a48..54238591 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_shell.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_shell.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import contextlib
 from genericpath import getmtime
-
 import getpass
 import hashlib
 import json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import unittest
 import textwrap
 from time import localtime, mktime, strftime, strptime
 
-from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 import six
 import sys
 
@@ -44,6 +43,10 @@ from swiftclient.utils import (
     EMPTY_ETAG, EXPIRES_ISO8601_FORMAT,
     SHORT_EXPIRES_ISO8601_FORMAT, TIME_ERRMSG)
 
+try:
+    from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
+except ImportError:
+    InsecureRequestWarning = None
 
 if six.PY2:
     BUILTIN_OPEN = '__builtin__.open'
@@ -114,6 +117,20 @@ def _make_cmd(cmd, opts, os_opts, use_env=False, flags=None, cmd_args=None):
     return args, env
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def patch_disable_warnings():
+    if InsecureRequestWarning is None:
+        # If InsecureRequestWarning isn't available, disbale_warnings won't
+        # be either; they both came in with
+        # https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/811ee4e and left again
+        # in https://github.com/requests/requests/commit/8e17600
+        yield None
+    else:
+        with mock.patch('requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings') \
+                as patched:
+            yield patched
+
+
 @mock.patch.dict(os.environ, mocked_os_environ)
 class TestShell(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -2509,8 +2526,7 @@ class TestKeystoneOptions(MockHttpTest):
                         _make_fake_import_keystone_client(fake_ks)), \
                 mock.patch('swiftclient.client.http_connection', fake_conn), \
                 mock.patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True), \
-                mock.patch('requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings') as \
-                mock_disable_warnings:
+                patch_disable_warnings() as mock_disable_warnings:
             try:
                 swiftclient.shell.main(args)
             except SystemExit as e:
@@ -2518,11 +2534,12 @@ class TestKeystoneOptions(MockHttpTest):
             except SwiftError as err:
                 self.fail('Unexpected SwiftError: %s' % err)
 
-        if 'insecure' in flags:
-            self.assertEqual([mock.call(InsecureRequestWarning)],
-                             mock_disable_warnings.mock_calls)
-        else:
-            self.assertEqual([], mock_disable_warnings.mock_calls)
+        if InsecureRequestWarning is not None:
+            if 'insecure' in flags:
+                self.assertEqual([mock.call(InsecureRequestWarning)],
+                                 mock_disable_warnings.mock_calls)
+            else:
+                self.assertEqual([], mock_disable_warnings.mock_calls)
 
         if no_auth:
             # check that keystone client was not used and terminate tests