diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index ddd38dee..532f460f 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ iso8601
 kazoo>=1.3.1
 pymemcache>=1.2
 zake>=0.1.6
-sysv_ipc>=0.6.8
 msgpack-python
 retrying!=1.3.0
 oslo.utils>=1.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f41bca6..b6d07163 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ iso8601
 kazoo>=1.3.1
 pymemcache>=1.2
 zake>=0.1.6
-sysv_ipc>=0.6.8
 msgpack-python
 retrying!=1.3.0
 futures>=2.1.6
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 07d9b746..e4f355fb 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ testrepository>=0.0.17
 testtools>=0.9.32
 testscenarios>=0.4
 coverage>=3.6
+sysv_ipc>=0.6.8