diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 15ca4a36fe..1b3567bcc1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 pbr>=1.6
 
-# NOTE(dhellmann): We pin lazr.restfulclient because there is a newer
-# release registered without a package, and that breaks things.
-lazr.restfulclient==0.13.1
-
-# NOTE(dhellmann): We pin keyring and launchpadlib because new
-# releases tend to add dependencies for GUI tools that we don't use
+# NOTE(dhellmann): We pin keyring because new releases tend to add
+# dependencies for GUI tools that we don't use
 keyring==7.3
-launchpadlib==1.10.3
 
 requests>=2.5.2
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
diff --git a/tools/tag_history_from_lp.py b/tools/tag_history_from_lp.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c4621df578..0000000000
--- a/tools/tag_history_from_lp.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# All Rights Reserved.
-#
-#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-#    a copy of the License at
-#
-#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-#    under the License.
-
-"""Import the history for the project
-
-Use launchpad as the canonical source of version numbers.
-
-"""
-
-from __future__ import print_function
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from openstack_releases.versionutils import canonical_version
-
-import argparse
-import os
-import re
-import subprocess
-import sys
-
-from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad
-
-
-def abort(code, errmsg):
-    print(errmsg, file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(code)
-
-
-# Argument parsing
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-parser.add_argument('project', help='launchpad project name')
-parser.add_argument('repo', nargs='+', help='repository directory')
-parser.add_argument('--series', help='series to scan')
-parser.add_argument('--release-type', dest='release_type', default='std',
-                    help=('Which release-type to use for this deliverable '
-                          '(Default: %(default)s)'))
-args = parser.parse_args()
-
-# Connect to LP
-print("connecting to launchpad")
-try:
-    launchpad = Launchpad.login_with('openstack-releasing', 'production')
-except Exception, error:
-    abort(2, 'Could not connect to Launchpad: ' + str(error))
-
-# Retrieve project
-try:
-    project = launchpad.projects[args.project]
-except KeyError:
-    abort(2, '  Could not find project: %s' % args.project)
-
-series_data = {}
-BASE_URL = 'http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/%s/tag/?id=%s'
-PATTERN = re.compile(r'tag name[^(]*\(([^)]*)\)', re.MULTILINE)
-
-# <tr><td>tag name</td><td>2014.1.5 (44bb894f36c58ba51b6cc64763209f4c97f89206)</td></tr>  # noqa
-
-before = os.getcwd()
-dev_null = open('/dev/null', 'w')
-
-for repo in args.repo:
-    os.chdir(repo)
-    repo_namespace = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(repo))
-    repo_short_name = repo_namespace + '/' + os.path.basename(repo)
-
-    for series in project.series:
-        if args.series and series.name != args.series:
-            print('skipping series %r' % series.name)
-            continue
-        for milestone in series.all_milestones:
-            try:
-                show_output = subprocess.check_output([
-                    'git', 'show', '--no-patch', '--pretty=%H', milestone.name,
-                ], stderr=dev_null)
-                sha = show_output.rstrip().splitlines()[-1]
-            except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-                print('did not find milestone %s tagged for %s' %
-                      (milestone.name, repo_short_name))
-                continue
-            the_series = series_data.setdefault(series.name, {})
-            the_milestone = the_series.setdefault(milestone.name, [])
-            the_milestone.append(
-                (repo_short_name, sha)
-            )
-
-os.chdir(before)
-
-for series, milestones in sorted(series_data.items()):
-    # print(series, milestones)
-    d = 'deliverables/%s' % series
-    if not os.path.exists(d):
-        print('creating directory %s' % d)
-        os.makedirs(d)
-    filename = '%s/%s.yaml' % (d, os.path.basename(repo))
-    print('creating %s' % filename)
-    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
-        f.write('---\n')
-        f.write('launchpad: %s\n' % args.project)
-        f.write('team: %s\n' % args.project)
-        f.write('release-type: %s\n' % args.release_type)
-        f.write('releases:\n')
-        milestones_sorted = \
-            sorted(milestones.items(),
-                   key=lambda x: canonical_version(x[0], args.release_type))
-        for milestone, milestone_data in milestones_sorted:
-            f.write('  - version: %s\n' % milestone)
-            f.write('    projects:\n')
-            for repo_short_name, sha in milestone_data:
-                f.write('      - repo: %s\n' % repo_short_name)
-                f.write('        hash: %s\n' % sha)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 83512ba548..536405bd78 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ skipdist = True
 usedevelop=True
 passenv=ZUUL_CACHE_DIR
 install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
-                  --allow-external lazr.authentication
-                  --allow-insecure lazr.authentication
 setenv =
    VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 # launchpadlib 0.0.1.dev533 requires lazr.restfulclient, which is