diff --git a/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml b/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml
index 8783c5d2..0885c085 100644
--- a/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/releasenotes/post.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
-    - role: fetch-tox-output
     - role: fetch-sphinx-output
       sphinx_output_src: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}/releasenotes/build/html"
diff --git a/roles/build-releasenotes/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/build-releasenotes/tasks/main.yaml
index e020a393..de7ff714 100644
--- a/roles/build-releasenotes/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/build-releasenotes/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,43 @@
     path: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}/releasenotes/source/locale"
   register: translations
 
+- name: Check to see if the constraints file exists
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ constraints_file|default('missing') }}"
+    get_checksum: false
+    get_mime: false
+    get_md5: false
+  register: stat_results
+  when: constraints_file is defined
+
+- name: Record file location
+  set_fact:
+    upper_constraints: "-c {{ constraints_file }}"
+  when: not stat_results|skipped and stat_results.stat.exists
+
+- name: Setup venv
+  shell:
+    chdir: '{{ zuul_work_dir }}'
+    executable: /bin/bash
+    cmd: |
+      set -e
+      set -x
+
+      UPPER_CONSTRAINTS="{{ upper_constraints }}"
+      python -m virtualenv .venv
+      VENV=.venv/bin
+      $VENV/pip install sphinx $UPPER_CONSTRAINTS
+      $VENV/pip install openstackdocstheme $UPPER_CONSTRAINTS
+      $VENV/pip install reno $UPPER_CONSTRAINTS
+      # Optionally, install local requirements
+      if [ -e releasenotes/requirements.txt ] ; then
+          $VENV/pip install -r releasenotes/requirements.txt $UPPER_CONSTRAINTS
+      fi
+      # TODO(jaegerandi): Remove once all repos are fixed.
+      # Try installing current repo in case it needs to be available for
+      # example for version number calculation. Ignore any failures here.
+      $VENV/pip install . || true
+
 - name: Prepare release note translations
   shell:
     chdir: '{{ zuul_work_dir }}'
@@ -14,6 +51,7 @@
 
       DOCNAME=releasenotes
       DIRECTORY=releasenotes
+      VENV=.venv/bin
 
       # Mapping of language codes to language names
       declare -A LANG_NAME=(
@@ -43,7 +81,7 @@
       trap "rm -f -- '$REFERENCES'" EXIT
 
       # Extract translations
-      tox -e venv -- sphinx-build -b gettext \
+      $VENV/sphinx-build -b gettext \
           -d ${DIRECTORY}/build/doctrees.gettext \
           ${DIRECTORY}/source/ \
           ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/
@@ -85,7 +123,7 @@
           done
 
           # Build translated document
-          tox -e venv -- sphinx-build -b html -D language=${language} \
+          $VENV/sphinx-build -b html -D language=${language} \
               -d "${DIRECTORY}/build/doctrees.${language}" \
               ${DIRECTORY}/source/ ${DIRECTORY}/build/html/${language}
 
@@ -114,6 +152,14 @@
       rm -f ${DIRECTORY}/source/locale/*.pot
   when: translations.stat.exists == True
 
-- name: Build release notes
-  include_role:
-    name: tox
+- name: Run releasenotes sphinx build
+  shell:
+    chdir: '{{ zuul_work_dir }}'
+    executable: /bin/bash
+    cmd: |
+      set -e
+      set -x
+
+      VENV=.venv/bin
+      $VENV/sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html \
+          releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 3e23bf48..fc6c03ce 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@
 
 - job:
     name: build-openstack-releasenotes
-    parent: openstack-tox
     description: |
       Build releasenotes, with optional translation support, using reno.
     success-url: html/
@@ -474,12 +473,13 @@
     # Release notes always build on master.
     override-checkout: master
     timeout: 1800
+    required-projects:
+      - name: openstack/requirements
+    vars:
+      constraints_file: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}/src/git.openstack.org/openstack/requirements/upper-constraints.txt'
     files:
       - ^releasenotes/.*
       - ^tox.ini
-      - ^.*requirements.txt$
-    vars:
-      tox_envlist: releasenotes
 
 - job:
     name: build-openstack-api-ref
diff --git a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
index 9e7cdedb..93a13ee8 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project-templates.yaml
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@
 - project-template:
     name: release-notes-jobs-horizon
     description: |
+      DEPRECATED, use release-notes-jobs!
+
       The standard release-notes-jobs but with horizon added as a
       required-projects. The dashboard projects currently need this
       due to how the tox_install.sh zuul-cloner's dashboard for them.
@@ -318,6 +320,8 @@
 - project-template:
     name: release-notes-jobs-neutron
     description: |
+      DEPRECATED, use release-notes-jobs!
+
       The standard release-notes-jobs but with neutron added as a
       required-projects. The neutron stadium projects currently need this
       due to how the tox_install.sh zuul-cloner's neutron for them.