diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 09cb33d80..033a7f2b3 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
     templates:
       - check-requirements
       - openstack-cover-jobs
-      - openstack-lower-constraints-jobs
       - openstack-python3-ussuri-jobs
       - publish-openstack-docs-pti
       - release-notes-jobs-python3
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 223383722..000000000
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-alabaster==0.7.10
-alembic==0.8.10
-amqp==2.2.2
-anyjson==0.3.3
-appdirs==1.4.3
-asn1crypto==0.24.0
-Babel==2.3.4
-bcrypt==3.1.4
-beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
-cachetools==2.0.1
-castellan==0.16.0
-certifi==2018.1.18
-cffi==1.11.5
-chardet==3.0.4
-cliff==2.11.0
-cmd2==0.8.2
-contextlib2==0.5.5
-coverage==4.0
-cryptography==2.1
-ddt===1.0.1
-debtcollector==1.19.0
-decorator==4.4.1
-deprecation==2.0
-doc8==0.6.0
-docutils==0.14
-dogpile.cache==0.6.5
-dulwich==0.19.0
-enum-compat==0.0.2
-eventlet==0.22.0
-extras==1.0.0
-fasteners==0.14.1
-fixtures==3.0.0
-future==0.16.0
-futurist==1.6.0
-glance-store==0.26.1
-google-auth==1.4.1
-greenlet==0.4.13
-heat-translator==2.0.0
-idna==2.6
-imagesize==1.0.0
-ipaddress==1.0.19
-iso8601==0.1.12
-Jinja2==2.10
-jmespath==0.9.3
-jsonpatch==1.21
-jsonpointer==2.0
-jsonschema==3.0.0
-keystoneauth1==3.15.0
-keystonemiddleware==4.17.0
-kombu==4.0.0
-kubernetes==5.0.0
-linecache2==1.0.0
-Mako==1.0.7
-MarkupSafe==1.0
-mccabe==0.2.1
-mock==3.0.0
-monotonic==1.4
-mox3==0.25.0
-msgpack==0.5.6
-munch==2.2.0
-netaddr==0.7.18
-netifaces==0.10.6
-oauthlib==2.0.7
-openstackdocstheme==1.20.0
-openstacksdk==0.44.0
-os-api-ref==1.5.0
-os-client-config==1.29.0
-os-service-types==1.7.0
-osc-lib==1.10.0
-oslo.cache==1.29.0
-oslo.concurrency==3.26.0
-oslo.config==5.2.0
-oslo.context==2.19.2
-oslo.db==4.27.0
-oslo.i18n==3.20.0
-oslo.log==3.36.0
-oslo.messaging==9.3.0
-oslo.middleware==3.31.0
-oslo.policy==1.30.0
-oslo.reports==1.18.0
-oslo.rootwrap==5.8.0
-oslo.serialization==2.18.0
-oslo.service==1.24.0
-oslo.upgradecheck==0.1.0
-oslo.utils==3.33.0
-oslo.versionedobjects==1.33.3
-oslotest==3.2.0
-packaging==17.1
-paramiko==2.0.0
-Paste==2.0.2
-PasteDeploy==1.5.0
-pbr==2.0.0
-pkg-resources==0.0.0
-prettytable==0.7.2
-psutil==5.4.3
-pyasn1-modules==0.2.1
-pyasn1==0.4.2
-pycadf==2.7.0
-pycparser==2.18
-Pygments==2.2.0
-pyinotify==0.9.6
-PyNaCl==1.2.1
-pyOpenSSL==17.5.0
-pyparsing==2.2.0
-pyperclip==1.6.0
-pyroute2==0.4.21
-python-barbicanclient==4.5.2
-python-blazarclient==1.0.1
-python-dateutil==2.7.2
-python-editor==1.0.3
-python-glanceclient==2.9.1
-python-heatclient==1.10.0
-python-keystoneclient==3.8.0
-python-mimeparse==1.6.0
-python-mistralclient==3.1.0
-python-neutronclient==6.7.0
-python-novaclient==9.1.0
-python-subunit==1.0.0
-python-swiftclient==3.5.0
-python-tackerclient==0.8.0
-pytz==2018.3
-PyYAML==3.12
-reno==2.7.0
-repoze.lru==0.7
-requests-oauthlib==0.8.0
-requests==2.14.2
-requests-mock==1.2.0
-requestsexceptions==1.4.0
-restructuredtext-lint==1.1.3
-rfc3986==1.1.0
-Routes==2.3.1
-rsa==3.4.2
-setuptools==21.0.0
-simplejson==3.13.2
-six==1.10.0
-snowballstemmer==1.2.1
-Sphinx==1.6.5
-sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.0.1
-sqlalchemy-filters==0.10.0
-sqlalchemy-migrate==0.11.0
-SQLAlchemy==1.3.0
-sqlparse==0.2.4
-statsd==3.2.2
-stestr==2.0.0
-stevedore==1.20.0
-tempest==17.1.0
-Tempita==0.5.2
-tenacity==4.9.0
-testresources==2.0.1
-testscenarios==0.5.0
-testtools==2.2.0
-tooz==1.58.0
-tosca-parser==1.6.0
-traceback2==1.4.0
-unittest2==1.1.0
-urllib3==1.22
-vine==1.1.4
-voluptuous==0.11.1
-waitress==1.1.0
-warlock==1.3.0
-WebOb==1.7.1
-websocket-client==0.47.0
-WebTest==2.0.27
-wrapt==1.10.11
diff --git a/tacker/tests/unit/vnfpkgm/test_controller.py b/tacker/tests/unit/vnfpkgm/test_controller.py
index e4a0d4725..7da574903 100644
--- a/tacker/tests/unit/vnfpkgm/test_controller.py
+++ b/tacker/tests/unit/vnfpkgm/test_controller.py
@@ -518,8 +518,6 @@ class TestController(base.TestCase):
                                         mock_vnf_by_id,
                                         mock_upload_vnf_package_content,
                                         mock_glance_store):
-        file_path = "tacker/tests/etc/samples/test_data.zip"
-        file_obj = open(file_path, "rb")
         updates = {'onboarding_state': 'CREATED',
                    'operational_state': 'DISABLED'}
         vnf_package_dict = fakes.fake_vnf_package(updates)
@@ -533,7 +531,7 @@ class TestController(base.TestCase):
             % constants.UUID)
         req.headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/zip'
         req.method = 'PUT'
-        req.body = jsonutils.dump_as_bytes(file_obj)
+        req.body = jsonutils.dump_as_bytes(mock.mock_open())
         resp = req.get_response(self.app)
         mock_glance_store.assert_called()
         self.assertEqual(http_client.ACCEPTED, resp.status_code)
diff --git a/tools/test-setup.sh b/tools/test-setup.sh
index 07a078547..505a58cb7 100755
--- a/tools/test-setup.sh
+++ b/tools/test-setup.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ sudo -H mysqladmin -u root password $DB_ROOT_PW
 sudo -H mysql -u root -p$DB_ROOT_PW -h localhost -e "
     DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';
     FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
-    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.*
-        TO '$DB_USER'@'%' identified by '$DB_PW' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
+    CREATE USER '$DB_USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$DB_PW';
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$DB_USER'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;"
 
 # Now create our database.
 mysql -u $DB_USER -p$DB_PW -h 127.0.0.1 -e "
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e261ba52e..54cacf1fa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -108,12 +108,6 @@ commands =
 commands =
   oslopolicy-sample-generator --config-file=etc/tacker-policy-generator.conf
 
-[testenv:lower-constraints]
-deps =
-  -c{toxinidir}/lower-constraints.txt
-  -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
-
 [testenv:bindep]
 # Do not install any requirements. We want this to be fast and work even if
 # system dependencies are missing, since it's used to tell you what system