diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 51fe4c39c4..2249fb2240 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 alembic>=1.8.0
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-eventlet!=0.18.3,!=0.20.1,>=0.18.2 # MIT
+eventlet>=0.27.0 # MIT
 SQLAlchemy>=1.4.0 # MIT
 keystonemiddleware>=4.17.0 # Apache-2.0
 Routes>=2.3.1 # MIT
diff --git a/trove/cmd/__init__.py b/trove/cmd/__init__.py
index bdb9af1a0d..c579ba3bd6 100644
--- a/trove/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/trove/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -26,9 +26,3 @@ import os
 if not os.environ.get('NO_EVENTLET_MONKEYPATCH'):
     import eventlet
     eventlet.monkey_patch(all=True)
-    # Monkey patch the original current_thread to use the up-to-date _active
-    # global variable. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863021 and
-    # https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/592
-    import __original_module_threading as orig_threading # noqa
-    import threading  # noqa
-    orig_threading.current_thread.__globals__['_active'] = threading._active