diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1329e07..4cc9d42 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ Babel>=1.3
 fixtures>=0.3.14
 oslo.config>=1.4.0.0a3
 iso8601>=0.1.9
-testresources>=0.2.4
diff --git a/tempest_lib/base.py b/tempest_lib/base.py
index 03e5da3..227ac37 100644
--- a/tempest_lib/base.py
+++ b/tempest_lib/base.py
@@ -15,32 +15,14 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
-import sys
 
 import fixtures
-import testresources
 import testtools
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
-    class BaseDeps(testtools.TestCase,
-                   testtools.testcase.WithAttributes,
-                   testresources.ResourcedTestCase):
-        pass
-else:
-    # Define asserts for py26
-    import unittest2
-
-    class BaseDeps(testtools.TestCase,
-                   testtools.testcase.WithAttributes,
-                   testresources.ResourcedTestCase,
-                   unittest2.TestCase):
-        pass
-
-
-class BaseTestCase(BaseDeps):
+class BaseTestCase(testtools.testcase.WithAttributes, testtools.TestCase):
     setUpClassCalled = False
 
     # NOTE(sdague): log_format is defined inline here instead of using the oslo
diff --git a/tempest_lib/tests/test_base.py b/tempest_lib/tests/test_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..825327b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest_lib/tests/test_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import testtools
+
+from tempest_lib import base
+from tempest_lib import exceptions
+
+
+class TestAttr(base.BaseTestCase):
+
+    def test_has_no_attrs(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            'tempest_lib.tests.test_base.TestAttr.test_has_no_attrs',
+            self.id()
+        )
+
+    @testtools.testcase.attr('foo')
+    def test_has_one_attr(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            'tempest_lib.tests.test_base.TestAttr.test_has_one_attr[foo]',
+            self.id()
+        )
+
+    @testtools.testcase.attr('foo')
+    @testtools.testcase.attr('bar')
+    def test_has_two_attrs(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            'tempest_lib.tests.test_base.TestAttr.test_has_two_attrs[bar,foo]',
+            self.id(),
+        )
+
+
+class TestSetUpClass(base.BaseTestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        """Simulate absence of super() call."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        try:
+            # We expect here RuntimeError exception because 'setUpClass'
+            # has not called 'super'.
+            super(TestSetUpClass, self).setUp()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            raise exceptions.TempestException(
+                "If you see this, then expected exception was not raised.")
+
+    def test_setup_class_raises_runtime_error(self):
+        """No-op test just to call setUp."""