diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ca263ad72..be501ba49 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ constraints =
   {env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
 deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 commands =
   stestr run {posargs}
 
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ commands =
   doc8 doc/source
 
 [testenv:releasenotes]
+skip_install = true
 deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ import_exceptions =
 ignore-path = doc/*/target,doc/*/build*
 
 [testenv:bindep]
+skip_install = true
 # 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
 # dependencies are missing! This also means that bindep must be installed