diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/centos/sysinv.spec b/sysinv/sysinv/centos/sysinv.spec
index ee67f72d60..13dfd214b2 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/centos/sysinv.spec
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/centos/sysinv.spec
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ Requires: python-webob
 Requires: python-webtest
 Requires: python-wsme
 Requires: python-six
-Requires: python2-django
-Requires: python2-mox3
+Requires: python2-rfc3986
 Requires: python2-oslo-i18n
 Requires: python2-oslo-config
 Requires: python2-oslo-concurrency
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/debian/control b/sysinv/sysinv/debian/control
index a2ddeb6773..1c84324913 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/debian/control
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/debian/control
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          ${python:Depends},
          python-boto3,
-         python-django,
          python-docker,
          python-parted,
+         python-rfc3986,
          python-six,
          python-pyudev,
          python-pbr,
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          python-retrying,
          python-sqlalchemy,
          python-stevedore,
-         python-mox3,
          python-pytest,
          python-testtools,
          tsconfig
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/opensuse/sysinv.spec b/sysinv/sysinv/opensuse/sysinv.spec
index 3830e89d23..4e335af233 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/opensuse/sysinv.spec
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/opensuse/sysinv.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Requires: python2-keystonemiddleware
 Requires: python2-kubernetes
 Requires: python2-netaddr
 Requires: python2-paste
+Requires: python2-rfc3986
 Requires: python2-pyudev
 Requires: python2-pbr
 Requires: python2-psutil
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ Requires: python2-WSME
 Requires: python2-six
 Requires: python2-sqlalchemy
 Requires: python2-stevedore
-Requires: python2-mox3
 Requires: python2-oslo.i18n
 Requires: python2-oslo.config
 Requires: python2-oslo.concurrency
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/requirements.txt b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/requirements.txt
index f81c65d854..faeaa9a0de 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/requirements.txt
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 pbr>=0.5
 SQLAlchemy
 amqplib>=0.6.1
-argparse
 boto3
 botocore
 cryptography!=2.0  # BSD/Apache-2.0
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ iso8601>=0.1.4
 oslo.i18n  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=3.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=3.7.1 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.log # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=4.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging!=9.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=5.8.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ rpm
 ruamel.yaml>=0.13.14 # MIT
 docker  # Apache-2.0
 kubernetes  # Apache-2.0
-Django
+pyudev
+migrate
+python-ldap>=3.1.0
+psycopg2-binary
+python-barbicanclient
+rfc3986
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/utils.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/utils.py
index 9e5b57fa9d..ac1784bf92 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/utils.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/common/utils.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import os
 import pwd
 import random
 import re
+import rfc3986
 import shutil
 import signal
 import six
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ import uuid
 import wsme
 import yaml
 
-from django.core.validators import URLValidator
 from eventlet.green import subprocess
 from eventlet import greenthread
 import netaddr
@@ -1812,11 +1812,17 @@ def is_openstack_applied(dbapi):
 
 
 def is_url(url_str):
+    uri = rfc3986.uri_reference(url_str)
+    validator = rfc3986.validators.Validator().require_presence_of(
+        'scheme', 'host',
+    ).check_validity_of(
+        'scheme', 'host', 'path',
+    )
     try:
-        URLValidator()(url_str)
-        return True
-    except Exception:
+        validator.validate(uri)
+    except rfc3986.exceptions.RFC3986Exception:
         return False
+    return True
 
 
 def is_valid_domain(url_str):
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/test_utils.py b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/test_utils.py
index d8e742e460..9a73fbfcf8 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -326,9 +326,15 @@ class GenericUtilsTestCase(base.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(any(i in special_chars for i in passwd))
 
     def test_generate_random_password_exception(self):
-            self.assertRaises(exception.SysinvException,
-                              utils.generate_random_password,
-                              length=7)
+        self.assertRaises(exception.SysinvException,
+                          utils.generate_random_password,
+                          length=7)
+
+    def test_is_valid_url(self):
+        self.assertTrue(utils.is_url('http://controller'))
+        self.assertTrue(utils.is_url('https://controller'))
+        self.assertFalse(utils.is_url('https://'))
+        self.assertFalse(utils.is_url('//controller'))
 
 
 class MkfsTestCase(base.TestCase):
diff --git a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/test-requirements.txt b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/test-requirements.txt
index 8c83c22fb7..b37e6ff7c6 100644
--- a/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/sysinv/sysinv/sysinv/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ bandit;python_version>="3.0"
 coverage>=3.6
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
-passlib>=1.7.0
-psycopg2-binary
-python-barbicanclient
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 requests-mock>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx
@@ -21,8 +18,3 @@ testtools!=1.2.0,>=0.9.36
 isort<5;python_version>="3.0"
 pylint<2.1.0;python_version<"3.0" # GPLv2
 pylint<2.4.0;python_version>="3.0" # GPLv2
-pytest
-pyudev
-migrate
-python-ldap>=3.1.0
-markupsafe