diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index c828c02287..60c9fd1289 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ pika-pool>=0.1.3  # BSD
 Pillow>=2.4.0  # PIL License
 Pint>=0.5  # BSD
 pip>=7.1.0  # MIT
-posix_ipc  # BSD
 PrettyTable>=0.7.1,<0.8  # BSD
 psutil>=1.1.1,<2.0.0  # BSD
 pyasn1  # BSD
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index 28a8b110a4..6ad6192e32 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ pika===0.10.0
 pika-pool===0.1.3
 ply===3.9
 positional===1.1.1
-posix-ipc===1.0.0
 prettytable===0.7.2
 proboscis===1.2.6.0
 psutil===1.2.1