diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dcfb466f4ef..0723d0f59e6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ eventlet>=0.13.0
 greenlet>=0.3.2
 iso8601>=0.1.8
 kombu>=2.4.8
-lockfile>=0.8
 lxml>=2.3
 netaddr>=0.7.6
 oslo.config>=1.2.0