diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 81257abe3f..54f28e5a74 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Paste
 WebOb>=1.2.3,<1.3
 paramiko>=1.8.0
 GitPython>=0.3.2.1
-lockfile>=0.8
 ordereddict
 python-daemon<2.0
 extras