diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
index 24baef8f8..19f73d207 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
@@ -596,24 +596,6 @@ class Connection(object):
                   ' %(hostname)s:%(port)s',
                   self._get_connection_info())
 
-        # FIXME(gordc): wrapper to catch both kombu v3 and v4 errors
-        # remove this and only catch OperationalError when >4.0.0
-        if hasattr(kombu.exceptions, 'OperationalError'):
-            self.recoverable_errors = kombu.exceptions.OperationalError
-        else:
-            # NOTE(sileht): Some dummy driver like the in-memory one doesn't
-            # have notion of recoverable connection, so we must raise the
-            # original exception like kombu does in this case.
-            has_modern_errors = hasattr(
-                self.connection.transport, 'recoverable_connection_errors',
-            )
-            if has_modern_errors:
-                self.recoverable_errors = (
-                    self.connection.recoverable_channel_errors +
-                    self.connection.recoverable_connection_errors)
-            else:
-                self.recoverable_errors = ()
-
         # NOTE(sileht): kombu recommend to run heartbeat_check every
         # seconds, but we use a lock around the kombu connection
         # so, to not lock to much this lock to most of the time do nothing
@@ -825,7 +807,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             ret, channel = autoretry_method()
             self._set_current_channel(channel)
             return ret
-        except self.recoverable_errors as exc:
+        except kombu.exceptions.OperationalError as exc:
             LOG.debug("Received recoverable error from kombu:",
                       exc_info=True)
             error_callback and error_callback(exc)
@@ -895,7 +877,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             try:
                 for consumer, tag in self._consumers.items():
                     consumer.cancel(tag=tag)
-            except self.recoverable_errors:
+            except kombu.exceptions.OperationalError:
                 self.ensure_connection()
             self._consumers.clear()
             self._active_tags.clear()
@@ -1006,7 +988,7 @@ class Connection(object):
                             self.connection.drain_events(timeout=0.001)
                         except socket.timeout:
                             pass
-                    except self.recoverable_errors as exc:
+                    except kombu.exceptions.OperationalError as exc:
                         LOG.info(_LI("A recoverable connection/channel error "
                                      "occurred, trying to reconnect: %s"), exc)
                         self.ensure_connection()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8c4fe82ab..52ad22f43 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ PyYAML>=3.10.0 # MIT
 
 # rabbit driver is the default
 # we set the amqp version to ensure heartbeat works
-# FIXME(gordc): bump to amqp2 and kombu4 once requirements updated
 amqp!=2.1.4,>=2.1.0 # BSD
 kombu!=4.0.2,>=4.0.0 # BSD
 pika>=0.10.0 # BSD
diff --git a/tools/tox_install.sh b/tools/tox_install.sh
index 48ccf9688..97a198da4 100755
--- a/tools/tox_install.sh
+++ b/tools/tox_install.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,5 @@ pip install -c$localfile openstack-requirements
 edit-constraints $localfile -- $CLIENT_NAME
 
 pip install -c$localfile -U $*
-# NOTE(gordc): temporary override since kombu capped at <4.0.0
-pip install -U 'amqp>=2.0.0'
-pip install -U 'kombu>=4.0.0'
 
 exit $?
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index dc4cbaf53..82ad1e916 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,16 +32,12 @@ commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 setenv =
     {[testenv]setenv}
     TRANSPORT_DRIVER=rabbit
-    amqp>=2.0.0
-    kombu>=4.0.0
 commands = pifpaf run rabbitmq --  python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs:oslo_messaging.tests.functional}'
 
 [testenv:py35-func-rabbit]
 setenv =
     {[testenv]setenv}
     TRANSPORT_DRIVER=rabbit
-    amqp>=2.0.0
-    kombu>=4.0.0
 basepython = python3.5
 commands = pifpaf run rabbitmq --  python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs:oslo_messaging.tests.functional}'