diff --git a/tools/install_venv.py b/tools/install_venv.py
index 5d4b290..1664b35 100644
--- a/tools/install_venv.py
+++ b/tools/install_venv.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 def main(argv):
     root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
     venv = os.path.join(root, '.venv')
-    pip_requires = os.path.join(root, 'tools', 'pip-requires')
-    test_requires = os.path.join(root, 'tools', 'test-requires')
+    pip_requires = os.path.join(root, 'requirements.txt')
+    test_requires = os.path.join(root, 'test-requirements.txt')
     py_version = "python%s.%s" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])
     project = 'Tempest'
     install = install_venv.InstallVenv(root, venv, pip_requires, test_requires,
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
deleted file mode 100644
index 4873d75..0000000
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-d2to1>=0.2.10,<0.3
-pbr>=0.5,<0.6
-anyjson
-nose
-httplib2>=0.7.0
-testtools>=0.9.29
-lxml
-boto>=2.2.1
-paramiko
-netaddr
-python-glanceclient>=0.5.0
-python-keystoneclient>=0.2.0
-python-novaclient>=2.10.0
-python-quantumclient>=2.1
-testresources
-keyring
-testrepository
-oslo.config>=1.1.0
-# Needed for whitebox testing
-sqlalchemy
-MySQL-python
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
deleted file mode 100644
index 27851da..0000000
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Install bounded pep8/pyflakes first, then let flake8 install
-pep8==1.4.5
-pyflakes==0.7.2
-flake8==2.0
-hacking>=0.5.3,<0.6
-#
-#TODO(afazekas): ensure pg_config installed
-psycopg2
-# needed for doc build
-sphinx>=1.1.2
-