diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 0a1f99dc8a..74653a6605 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,9 @@
 # This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
 # see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
 
-dbus-devel [platform:rpm]
-dbus-glib-devel [platform:rpm]
-language-pack-en [platform:ubuntu]
-libdbus-1-dev [platform:dpkg]
-libdbus-glib-1-dev [platform:dpkg]
-libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
-libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
-libjpeg-dev [platform:dpkg]
-libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
-locales [platform:debian]
-openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
-python-dev [platform:dpkg]
-python-devel [platform:rpm]
-python-libvirt [platform:dpkg]
 python3-all-dev [platform:ubuntu !platform:ubuntu-precise]
 python3-dev [platform:dpkg]
 python3-devel [platform:fedora]
-python3.4 [platform:ubuntu-trusty]
-python3.5 [platform:ubuntu-xenial]
-python34-devel [platform:centos]
-virtual/libffi [platform:gentoo]
 python3-yaml [platform:ubuntu]
-gnupg [platform:ubuntu]
-python-launchpadlib [platform:ubuntu]
-python3-launchpadlib [platform:ubuntu]
 git-review [platform:ubuntu]
 libre2-dev [platform:ubuntu]