diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 031a4003f6..2ea8129bc4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ commands = {posargs}
 [testenv:docs]
 deps =
   -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
-  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
   sphinx-apidoc -f -o doc/source/tests/compute tempest/api/compute
@@ -365,7 +364,6 @@ paths =
 [testenv:releasenotes]
 deps =
   -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
-  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands =
   rm -rf releasenotes/build