diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index e85cced..758442c 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 keyring
 testrepository
 oslo.config>=1.1.0
+# Needed for whitebox testing
+sqlalchemy
+MySQL-python
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/tools/test-requires
index 4801391..b799dce 100644
--- a/tools/test-requires
+++ b/tools/test-requires
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 pep8==1.3.3
 pylint==0.19
-# Needed for whitebox testing
-sqlalchemy
-MySQL-python
+#TODO(afazekas): ensure pg_config installed
 psycopg2