diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dc00a25d..880e24aa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -102,20 +102,7 @@ commands =
     bash -c "{toxinidir}/tests/common/test-ansible-lint.sh"
 
 
-[testenv:func_base]
-# NOTE(odyssey4me): this target does not use constraints because
-# it doesn't work in OpenStack-CI yet. Once that's fixed, we can
-# drop the install_command.
-install_command =
-    pip install -U --force-reinstall {opts} {packages}
-
-
 [testenv:functional]
-# NOTE(odyssey4me): this target does not use constraints because
-# it doesn't work in OpenStack-CI yet. Once that's fixed, we can
-# drop the install_command.
-install_command =
-    {[testenv:func_base]install_command}
 deps =
     {[testenv:ansible]deps}
 commands =