diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8c0f872..feead92 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 anyjson>=0.3.3
-nose
 httplib2>=0.7.5
 jsonschema>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 testtools>=0.9.34
diff --git a/run_tempest.sh b/run_tempest.sh
index f6c330d..bdd1f69 100755
--- a/run_tempest.sh
+++ b/run_tempest.sh
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
     -u|--update) update=1;;
     -d|--debug) debug=1;;
     -C|--config) config_file=$2; shift;;
-    -s|--smoke) testrargs+="smoke"; noseargs+="--attr=type=smoke";;
+    -s|--smoke) testrargs+="smoke";;
     -t|--serial) serial=1;;
     -l|--logging) logging=1;;
     -L|--logging-config) logging_config=$2; shift;;
     --) [ "yes" == "$first_uu" ] || testrargs="$testrargs $1"; first_uu=no  ;;
-    *) testrargs="$testrargs $1"; noseargs+=" $1" ;;
+    *) testrargs+="$testrargs $1";;
   esac
   shift
 done
@@ -110,22 +110,6 @@
   fi
 }
 
-function run_tests_nose {
-    export NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
-    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
-    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15.00
-    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3.00
-    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
-    export NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
-    export TEMPEST_PY26_NOSE_COMPAT=1
-    if [[ "x$noseargs" =~ "tempest" ]]; then
-        noseargs="$testrargs"
-    else
-        noseargs="$noseargs tempest"
-    fi
-    ${wrapper} nosetests $noseargs
-}
-
 if [ $never_venv -eq 0 ]
 then
   # Remove the virtual environment if --force used
@@ -156,12 +140,7 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-py_version=`${wrapper} python --version 2>&1`
-if [[ $py_version =~ "2.6" ]] ; then
-    run_tests_nose
-else
-    run_tests
-fi
+run_tests
 retval=$?
 
 exit $retval
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index eaa7fd7..34b821b 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     -c|--coverage) coverage=1;;
     -t|--serial) serial=1;;
     --) [ "yes" == "$first_uu" ] || testrargs="$testrargs $1"; first_uu=no  ;;
-    *) testrargs="$testrargs $1"; noseargs+=" $1" ;;
+    *) testrargs="$testrargs $1";;
   esac
   shift
 done
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py
index 73ff6b4..57e7a22 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# NOTE(andreaf) - nose does not honour the load_tests protocol
-# however it's test discovery regex will match anything
-# which includes _tests. So nose would require some further
-# investigation to be supported with this
 load_tests = testscenarios.load_tests_apply_scenarios
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/test.py b/tempest/test.py
index 22aa3f2..c6e3d6e 100644
--- a/tempest/test.py
+++ b/tempest/test.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import uuid
 
 import fixtures
-import nose.plugins.attrib
 import testresources
 import testtools
 
@@ -43,11 +42,10 @@
 
 
 def attr(*args, **kwargs):
-    """A decorator which applies the nose and testtools attr decorator
+    """A decorator which applies the  testtools attr decorator
 
-    This decorator applies the nose attr decorator as well as the
-    the testtools.testcase.attr if it is in the list of attributes
-    to testtools we want to apply.
+    This decorator applies the testtools.testcase.attr if it is in the list of
+    attributes to testtools we want to apply.
     """
 
     def decorator(f):
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@
                 f = testtools.testcase.attr(attr)(f)
                 if attr == 'smoke':
                     f = testtools.testcase.attr('gate')(f)
-        return nose.plugins.attrib.attr(*args, **kwargs)(f)
+        return f
 
     return decorator
 
@@ -194,40 +192,6 @@
         return True
     return False
 
-# there is a mis-match between nose and testtools for older pythons.
-# testtools will set skipException to be either
-# unittest.case.SkipTest, unittest2.case.SkipTest or an internal skip
-# exception, depending on what it can find. Python <2.7 doesn't have
-# unittest.case.SkipTest; so if unittest2 is not installed it falls
-# back to the internal class.
-#
-# The current nose skip plugin will decide to raise either
-# unittest.case.SkipTest or its own internal exception; it does not
-# look for unittest2 or the internal unittest exception.  Thus we must
-# monkey-patch testtools.TestCase.skipException to be the exception
-# the nose skip plugin expects.
-#
-# However, with the switch to testr nose may not be available, so we
-# require you to opt-in to this fix with an environment variable.
-#
-# This is temporary until upstream nose starts looking for unittest2
-# as testtools does; we can then remove this and ensure unittest2 is
-# available for older pythons; then nose and testtools will agree
-# unittest2.case.SkipTest is the one-true skip test exception.
-#
-#   https://review.openstack.org/#/c/33056
-#   https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/pull/699
-if 'TEMPEST_PY26_NOSE_COMPAT' in os.environ:
-    try:
-        import unittest.case.SkipTest
-        # convince pep8 we're using the import...
-        if unittest.case.SkipTest:
-            pass
-        raise RuntimeError("You have unittest.case.SkipTest; "
-                           "no need to override")
-    except ImportError:
-        LOG.info("Overriding skipException to nose SkipTest")
-        testtools.TestCase.skipException = nose.plugins.skip.SkipTest
 
 at_exit_set = set()
 
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py b/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
index 88920dc..aa3c8fc 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
             self.assertEqual(getattr(foo, '__testtools_attrs'),
                              set(expected_attrs))
 
-        # nose sets it anyway
-        for arg, value in decorator_args.items():
-            self.assertEqual(getattr(foo, arg), value)
-
     def test_attr_without_type(self):
         self._test_attr_helper(expected_attrs='baz', bar='baz')
 
@@ -74,7 +70,6 @@
         t = TestFoo('test_bar')
         self.assertEqual(set(decorator_args), getattr(t.test_bar,
                                                       '__testtools_attrs'))
-        self.assertEqual(list(decorator_args), t.test_bar.type)
         self.assertEqual(t.test_bar(), 0)
 
     def test_services_decorator_with_single_service(self):
@@ -110,7 +105,6 @@
                          expected_frequency)
         self.assertEqual(getattr(foo, 'st_allow_inheritance'),
                          expected_inheritance)
-        self.assertEqual(foo.type, 'stress')
         self.assertEqual(set(['stress']), getattr(foo, '__testtools_attrs'))
 
     def test_stresstest_decorator_default(self):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1580b14..758d681 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -57,31 +57,6 @@
 commands =
   python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='tempest.scenario.test_large_ops {posargs}'
 
-
-[testenv:py26-full]
-setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
-         NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
-         TEMPEST_PY26_NOSE_COMPAT=1
-commands =
-  nosetests --logging-format '%(asctime)-15s %(message)s' --with-xunit -sv --xunit-file=nosetests-full.xml tempest/api tempest/scenario tempest/thirdparty tempest/cli {posargs}
-
-[testenv:py26-smoke]
-setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
-NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_COLOR=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_RED=15
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=3
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
-         NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
-         TEMPEST_PY26_NOSE_COMPAT=1
-commands =
-  nosetests --logging-format '%(asctime)-15s %(message)s' --with-xunit -sv --attr=type=smoke --xunit-file=nosetests-smoke.xml tempest {posargs}
-
 [testenv:smoke]
 commands =
    bash tools/pretty_tox.sh '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])((smoke)|(^tempest\.scenario)) {posargs}'