diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 47c0f5ea71..115b0960e8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ pbr>=1.1.0
 # is in a release
 git+https://github.com/sigmavirus24/github3.py.git@develop#egg=Github3.py
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
-Paste
 paramiko>=2.0.1
 GitPython>=2.1.8
 python-daemon>=2.0.4,<2.1.0
diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index be8c17bfd4..013a6e1b4e 100755
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ class BaseTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
         # from libraries that zuul depends on such as gear.
         log_defaults_from_env = os.environ.get(
             'OS_LOG_DEFAULTS',
-            'git.cmd=INFO,kazoo.client=WARNING,gear=INFO,paste=INFO')
+            'git.cmd=INFO,kazoo.client=WARNING,gear=INFO')
 
         if log_defaults_from_env:
             for default in log_defaults_from_env.split(','):