diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e8f440d7..f7f2a07b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ test =
 # os-api-ref needs openstackdocstheme which needs os-api-ref (cycle dep)
 # so put os-api-ref in extras to make it an optional test dependency
   os-api-ref>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+# reno needs openstackdocstheme which needs reno (cycle dep)
+  reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 [global]
 setup-hooks =
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 96347b19..dfaad593 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # this is required for the docs build jobs
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
-
-reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0